MEAD- The Mead Planning Commission announced on Wednesday that they recommend revoking AltEn's conditional use permit to manufacture ethanol 1 mile south of the Saunders County town. The Board of Trustees on June 8 will take up the recommendation and make a final decision. The original plan was adopted in 2014.

AltEn's ethanol manufacturing process left behind solid and wastewater byproducts that heavily contaminated the area with insecticides and fungicides which can lead to both health and environmental problems.

Commissioner's said the company's long history of violating state regulations and the lack of communication made them leery of continuing business. However, AltEn will have to continue to clean up the site during this process.

“The sooner we can get it cleaned up, the better,” he added. “If that means we have to let them run their digesters and other things to get the water and other stuff out there, we’ve got to do it.”

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