May 22, 2008 - 04:05:40 CDT
State regulators have issued a grain storage license for an ethanol plant in southeastern North Dakota.North Dakota's Public Service Commission voted to issue the license to VeraSun Hankinson LLC. The company has been building a 100-million-gallon ethanol factory. The plant is supposed to begin production next month.
VeraSun is licensed to store up to 1 million bushels of grain. Commissioner Tony Clark says the plant is expected to use up to 39 million bushels of corn each year.
- Associated Press
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