Draft Contract Puts Ethanol Plant in Private Hands
by Christine Kraly (NWITimes) Citing what’s best for Lake County residents, a draft revised contract to bring a waste-to-ethanol plant to Schneider now puts the facility in the hands of its private operator.
A proposed revision to the contract between the Lake County Solid Waste Management District and Powers Energy of America also commits the company to pay the district more than $166,000, possibly in January.
The proposed changes to the November 2008 contract and to a draft interlocal agreement are expected to be discussed at the district’s board meeting Thursday.
The draft removes language requiring county ownership and other responsibilities from six sections of the contract.
…The revised contract also would eliminate the county’s requirement to funnel at least 1,000 tons per day of waste to the facility by its second year of operation. READ MORE