Broin Ethanol Plants Aerial Google Earth

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Message sent to IDEM in regard to plan change and the potential for public hearing with greater education in regard to the possible air pollutants.
If we are going to have an Ethanol Refinery, we deserve to know.  If we want to move away from Alexandria, we have that right if the pollutants are shown to be dangerous.

Message sent to IDEM

Kristin,
Thanks for getting back with me. I know that the neighbors in our area would greatly appreciate knowing more about the possible air contaminants. A public hearing and/or ethanol air pollutant level education will help them decide if they want to continue living next to an ethanol plant and its traffic or not.

We officially requesting a public hearing in regard to the Broin Ethanol Plant on 100 East in Alexandria Indiana.
To gather public interest, how do you do that?
We are currently being told that the plant is completely safe, but are not given any specifics when the public asks questions. Many have attempted to read the public document at the Alexandria Library, but without knowing all of the terminology and doing a lot of research, we are unable to know for certain that what we think are the answers are or not.

We are continuing to make the public more aware of the potential hazards (since our local government will not) in order for them to make more informed decisions.

Thanks

Letter sent to IDEM contact page 10/21/2006 with plan layouts for Broin Ultimate Ethanol Plant:

Broin and Associates has applied for an air quality permit from your office.
The original design of the plant seemed more logical from an air quality viewpoint. The plant was along the railroad toward the center of the square mile. We were told by the company that the entire property was necessary in order for the air quality permit to pass approval.
But the new plant design is much more intrusive on the close-by neighbors with little or no trees to the south or east. The majority of the property is to the north of the plant. The new plan seems very close to the road and the closest neighbor to the stack is under 100 yards to the south.

Seems like now the north half of the property is no longer needed since our experience is that the prevailing wind is to the east and south?
Which way are the prevailing winds? How far are the heavy metals and VOCs expected to travel from the plant? Broin has not been able to answer these questions, can you help?

We have been told that there is no way to stop the installation of this surprise plant (none of the neighbors - over 75 neighbors within a mile radius and over 8000 within a 3 mile radius of the proposed plant - were very well educated by the Broin Company, nor do the local officials seem to be able to answer any questions about air pollutant potentials)

If the plant is unstoppable, then we feel we deserve to know, in case we decide to move away and the threat is not worthy of such a drastic life change.

The maps for the location and plans that have been made available to us can be found at:
www.ethanolrailroad.com/images/plants/broin_plan_mid_2006.jpg
 and the revised plan at:
www.ethanolrailroad.com/images/plants/broin_plan_092006.jpg

 

Any help you can give us to answer the questions of the masses will be greatly appreciated.

----- Original Message -----
From: WILEY, KRISTIN
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 12:09 PM
Subject: RE: Web mail/Question


Thank you for your October 13, 2006, e-mail regarding the proposed ethanol plant near your community.

Whether the Indiana Department of Environmental Management’s (IDEM’s) Office of Air Quality holds a public hearing depends on whether they receive a written request to hold a hearing and the basis for the request. Once the proposed permit is available for public notice and comment, our Office of Air Quality will see if there is enough interest (about air issues) to hold a hearing.

Because you have expressed interest in this issue, the Office of Air Quality will add you to their mailing list so that you will get a copy of the public notice when it goes public. That way you can access the documents and contact our Office of Air Quality if you have has questions.

Thank you for using IDEM Online.

Sincerely,
Kristin Dick Wiley
Correspondence Coordinator
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
Office of External Affairs
Media and Communications Services
100 North Senate Avenue
MC 50-03 IGCN 1313
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2251
kwiley@idem.IN.gov
Phone: (317) 233-5552
Fax: (317) 233-6647


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 2:34 PM

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Message Body: As stated in a zoning hearing for Ultimate Ethanol a Broin and Associates Company, Bob Berens said that the citizens of Portland Indiana had a meeting where IDEM cleared up many issues regarding emissions from the plant. The closest neighbor in this case is 40 feet from the entrance to the plant, with over 20 more country houses within the 1st mile of the plant. There have been numerous questions about the proposed facility that have gone unanswered. Getting some answers in regard to the chemicals emitted from the plant including the 136 ft tall stack and the RO water from the plant released into Mud Creek. There are also concerns that the current recognized wetlands on the property will be lost and not replaced. The location of the proposed plant can be found at

Internet pdf file (3.3mb) relatively large, but detail maintained

http://www.sphericallogic.com/chemicalplant/homearea003.pdf

	Plant Name	City	MGY	Population:	Households	Avg House Value:	Avg. Income / Household:	Persons / Household	# Businesses:
	Broin Enterprises Research & Development Site	Scotland, SD	1	1,653	712	$39,400	$30,399	2.43	52
	Ethanol2000    40212 510th Ave Bingham Lake, MN 56118 (507) 831-0063	BINGHAM LAKE, MN	32	481	187	$60,000	$36,339	2.75	9
	Pro-Corn    701 Industrial Dr N Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-4548	Preston, Minnesota	42	2,292	980	$82,000	$38,802	2.37	92
	EXOL    78242 150th St Albert Lea, MN 56007 (507) 373-8895	Albert Lea, Minnesota	36	21,525	9,357	$75,300	$35,496	2.34	675
	Northeast Missouri Grain   30211 Major Ave Macon, MO 63552 (660) 385-2789	Macon, Missouri	36	7,868	3,757	$67,200	$30,478	2.27	279
	Northern Lights Ethanol   Big Stone City, SD 57216 (605) 862-7902	Milbank, South Dakota	40	5,022	2,209	$65,600	$32,563	2.42	213
	Tall Corn Ethanol    20481 Sycamore Ave Glidden, IA 51443 (712) 659-2111	Coon Rapids, Iowa	40	2,061	896	$61,800	$33,854	2.38	63
	Michigan Ethanol   Caro, MI 48723 (989) 672-2223	Caro, Michigan	40	12,794	5,118	$86,900	$36,704	2.54	306
More pics on their way. New better view of the Caro MI Plant We were told that the plant was in town, but it is not. It is outside of town. Quite a bit of industry in town now. It was nice of them to place the plant south of town, but this town has over 10 fast food restaurants and multiple four lane roads already.  It is very likely that no one in Caro read the Air Quality Permit Application either since they are using the Dry milling process and there is very little smell.    Seems even more strange how they were able to get an Air Quality Permit for a more densely populated area, but if no one appealed it or requested a public hearing, then under the radar it is. PUT YOUR RADAR AT FULL DISTINCTION ALEXANDRIA AND BE AT THE MEETINGS. NOVEMBER 9, 2006 AT 6 AM AT THE EMERY LEE BUILDING IN ALEXANDRIA - ALL DAY TRIP TO CARO MI PLANT NOVEMBER 14, 2006 AT 9AM IN ROOM 110 OF THE MADISON COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER FOR THE ZONING HEARING
	Great Plains Ethanol    27716 462nd Ave Chancellor, SD 57015 (605) 647-0040	Chancellor, South Dakota	40	786	308	$80,900	$39,911	2.7	15
	James Valley Ethanol    Groton, SD 57445 (605) 397-2726	Groton, South Dakota	45	1,950	835	$65,600	$37,989	2.49	66
	Iowa Ethanol   3638 Fir Ave Hanlontown, IA 50444 (641) 896-2500	Hanlontown, Iowa	45	459	197	$57,700	$40,536	2.49	11
	Otter Creek Ethanol    4970 260th St Ashton, IA 51232 (712) 724-6604	Ashton, Iowa	45	1,017	406	$50,000	$40,526	2.53	15
	Sioux River Ethanol no information listed	Hudson, South Dakota	45	871	349	$49,500	$34,708	2.67	20
	Voyager Ethanol    3000 Main St Emmetsburg, IA 50536 (712) 852-8700	Emmetsburg, Iowa	50	4,717	2,140	$63,800	$32,571	2.27	175
	Horizon Ethanol  no information found	Lake Crystal, Minnesota	60	3,812	1,510	$87,800	$42,955	2.53	100
	Frontier Ethanol   1562 320th St Gowrie, IA 50543 (515) 352-3824	Gowrie, IA	60	1,479	639	$67,400	$38,676	2.52	35
	Missouri Ethanol No Information found	Laddonia, Missouri	45	1,270	555	$53,900	$32,857	2.47	20
	Northstar Ethanol    19200 499th Ave Lake Crystal, MN 56055 (507) 726-2645	Lake Crystal, Minnesota	50	3,812	1,510	$87,800	$42,955	2.53	100
	Ultimate Ethanol 979 1300 North	Alexandria, Indiana	60	.12,346	5,174	$79,600	$39,532	2.6	205