I checked tonight's Des Moines City Council agenda and found this item is #48 on the agenda -- with items # 3-42 on the consent agenda (they'll all be approved at the same time unless one of the council reps request an item be separated from the rest). The meeting begins at 4:30 so it won't be too far into it when this issue is discussed. I also found the Communication the council received about the subject. "They are interested in the entire 166-acre parcel located south of Vandalia Road and west of SE 43rd Street in the Des Moines Agrimergent Technology Park." The proposed plant would have a capacity to produce 100 million gallons of ethanol per year. I thought you might also be interested in this quote: "The company’s ethanol production facility will be state-of-the-art with no environmental drawbacks. Air emissions will be well within State-mandated levels. Only non-contact water will be discharged. " Here's the link: http://www.dmgov.org/mayor_council/agendas/2006_as/blue/06-214.htm Neila Seaman, MPA Director Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter 3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280 Des Moines, IA 50310 [log in to unmask] 515-277-8868 From: Jane Clark <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: "Iowa Discussion, Alerts and Announcements" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Ethanol plant in Des Moines? Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:18:47 -0500 In today's Des Moines Register, there is an article about a group of investors who are scheduled to appear Monday before the DM City Council to discuss buying city-owned land for building a 100-million-gallon-a-year ethanol plant. The investors are officials of Lincolnway Energy Co., which is also building a plant near Nevada, Iowa, that will make 50 million gallons of ethanol per year. Their plant near Nevada will be coal-fired. The site in Des Moines has not been disclosed. I think Des Moines City Council meetings begin at 4:30 p.m. at City Hall. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp