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American
Ethanol Plant
Applicant: American
Ethanol, Inc. (AEI), 2320 Thompson Way,
Suite L, Santa Maria, CA 93455; (805)
925-0999; David Baskett, President;
Richard Hulme, Vice President Operations.
Project Description:
- Develop an ethanol production
plant.
- Proposed plant site is at the southeast
corner of Betteravia and Ray Rds.,
about 2 miles west of the City of Santa
Maria.
- Proposed plant capacity – 110
million gallons per year (mmgy) of
ethanol.
- Corn brought in via rail from Midwest
:
Two 100-unit trains per week (200 cars per week) would
be separated into 25-car strings at the existing Guadalupe
switchyard and delivered to the plant site for offloading.
- Process water to be supplied by
the Laguna County Sanitation District.
- Products: Ethanol for blending with
gasoline and distiller’s grain
for livestock feed.
Potential Issues: Air
quality, increased rail yard activity
at Guadalupe, plant odors, wastewater
disposal, train and truck traffic, noise.
What's
New - Preparation of the EIR has been put on hold pending the applicant’s resolution of certain issues, including potential changes to the project. Proposals for the EIR have been returned to the bidders and a new Request for Proposals will be issued once permit processing of the application resumes
Please contact Nancy
Minick or Kevin
Drude at the Energy Division
for more information.
Project Status:
- Permit processing suspended and EIR proposals returned to bidders May 2008.
- Request for EIR proposals issued
February 15, 2008; proposals due March
10.
- EIR Scoping comments closed February
8, 2008.
- Scoping
Meeting held January 10,
2008. View hearing at http://sbcounty.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=5;
select “Video” under Ethanol
Scoping Meeting, click
here for staff presentation.
- Initial
Study completed December
20, 2007
- Application
deemed complete for further processing
on November
7, 2007.
- Conditional
Use Permit/Development Plan application
filed May
3, 2007
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