Delta-T Ethanol Facility

STATUS: In progress, with opposition

OPPOSITION: Local residents, NIMBY groups (noethanol.org)

PROSPECTS:

BACKGROUND: According to Ethanol Producer Magazine: Northeast Ethanol is pitted against five unhappy residents of Mayfield challenging zoning changes in its favor. Plant attorney Michael Brier is fighting back aggressively, asking the court to force the plaintiffs to put up a bond for delaying the project by a "frivolous" objection. Plant Developer Richard Scheller has partnered with Delta-T Corp. to design a 60 MMgy facility that he says is odorless, noiseless and vaporless. The plaintiffs say the plant is too close to a heavily-concentrated residential area. Mayfield's City Council has passed a new ordinance allowing the plant. In November 2007, plant opponents elected four write-in candidates critical of the council and refinery. In late February, the 38 acres zoned industrial to clear the way for the plant were zoned back to residential. Scheller says he will appeal the decision. At the first public hearing residents said an ethanol plant was more properly situated in Iowa.

SOURCES: Ethanol Producer Magazine (http://www.ethanol-producer.com/article.jsp?article_id=3854&q=&page=all); NIMBY group noethanol.org (http://www.noethanol.org/).