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September 5, 2003Air-quality permit issued for Moses Lake ethanol plant By JOHN K. WILEY
Associated Press Writer
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - The Washington Department of Ecology has issued an air-quality permit for an ethanol production plant near Moses Lake.
Pacific Rim Ethanol LLC plans a $122 million plant that would produce 40 million gallons a year of fuel ethanol from wheat and barley at a defunct sugar beet factory.
Ethanol is added to gasoline to increase oxygen in the mixture, which helps the gasoline burn cleaner and produce less carbon monoxide and smog.
''The air-quality permit was, by far, the biggest hurdle to clear,'' said Tom Clark, an Ecology air-quality engineer. ''The company really did a good job of engineering a reduction in air pollution.''
The company plans state-of-the-art pollution-control equipment to reduce air emissions from the facility, Clark said.
Pacific Rim Ethanol officials were not immediately available for comment this week. Company officials told Ecology they hope to begin building the plant this year, with operation scheduled for 2004.
The plant will employ about 50 full-time workers and have nearly 300 contracted jobs.
As planned, the plant will use about 17 million bushels of barley and 4 million bushels of wheat each year from Washington wheat and barley farms to produce fuel ethanol, vital wheat gluten used by bakeries, industrial and beverage-grade alcohol and high-grade animal feed.
The fuel ethanol currently used in the Pacific Northwest is made in plants in the Midwest and the Caribbean.
''The Moses Lake plant will be the only source of fuel ethanol in the Northwest,'' Ecology Director Tom Fitzsimmons said in a statement. ''This is a huge economic shot in the arm for eastern Washington and a positive step forward for an industry that helps reduce pollution in the environment.''
According to industry reports, the national demand for fuel ethanol is estimated at 1.8 billion gallons. The demand in the Northwest is estimated at 60 million gallons per year.
In June, former Gov. Mike Lowry helped broker an agreement between the company and the Central Washington Building Construction Trades Council over bidding on plant construction and wages.
In July, the City of Moses Lake received a $504,000 state loan for road and rail crossing improvements near the plant.
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