Minnesota agency to require Agassiz Energy to produce Environmental Impact Statement after two-year tussle over Environmental Assessment Worksheet

In Minnesota, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will recommend that Agassiz Energy complete a detailed Environmental Impact Statement before receiving permission to proceed with its $130 million, 70 Mgy ethanol plant in Erskine. Agassiz Energy said it could add $500,000 to the project which took two years to complete its Environmental Assessment Worksheet and review process. The group will be asked to assess groundwater pumping on area wetlands, greenhouse gasses emissions data and a mercury levels.

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