Montana Advanced Biofuels wheat ethanol project wins air permit

In Montana, the state’s Department of Environmental Quality has granted an air quality permit to Montana Advanced Biofuels for its proposed wheat-based ethanol plant on the side east of Great Falls. The city’s development agency will begin working on water access for the facility next week. Construction on the $400 million facility, which will take 18 months, could start as early as June if a federal loan guarantee comes through.