'Mead needs help,' state lawmaker says
Residents voice frustration over ethanol plant cleanup and transparency
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Updated: 9:33 PM CDT Jul 8, 2021
Residents voice frustration over ethanol plant cleanup and transparency
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Updated: 9:33 PM CDT Jul 8, 2021
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NEXT. WELL, ITOES G CLEAR BACK STAN KAISER WANTS PEOPLE IN LINCOLN IN OMAHA TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT HAPPENED TO WHIT PAWN IN SAUNDERS COUNTY. WE WAS CATCHING 20TH BEST HERE IN 14. BUT 16 EVERYTHING HERE DIED WHAT HE DIDN'’ REALIZE THAT ABOUT THAT TIME ALT AND LOCATED SIX MILES AWAY STARTED USING PESTICIDE TREATED CORN. ABDUCTION SO HE DIDN’T THINKO T TEST THE WATER BUT AFTER FOUR MILLION GALLONS OF CONTAMINATED MATERIALS WENTO T DITCHES INCREASE IN FEBRUARY FOLLOWED BY RAIN AND EVEN MORE RUN. INTO HIS POND IN MARCH KAISER SAYS HE GOT IT TESTED AND WAS SHOCKED AND THE ZOER OXYGEN IN THIS LAKE ZERO. WHICH MNSEA NOTHING GONNA GROW IN HERE? WELL WHAT COMES OUT OF HIS PAWN USUALLY ESND UP IN THE PLATTE RIGHT WHERE OMAHA AND LINCOLN HAVE THEIR WELL FIELDS NOW IF WE GE T A FOUR INCH RAINP U THERE AT ME TOMORROW THIS THING WILL RUN OVER HERE LIKE GANGBUSTERS. AND ALL THIS CONTAMINATION IS GOING RIGHT ON DOWNHE T DITCH KEERIZ JOINT OTHER MEAD RESIDENTS THURSDAY TO VOICE THEIR FRUSTRATIONS ABOUT THESE PILE. WET CAKE BYPRODUCTS STILL ON SITE ACCORDING TO STATE DEPARTNTME OF ENVONIRMENT AND ENERGY BURNS ARE SET UP TO CONTAIN RUNOFF BUT KAISER’S PAWN SHOWS. THEY MIGHT NOT BE WORKIN G.THEY WANT TO KNOW IF THEIR WAT DAN SOIL IS SAFE NEED HELP. AND STATE SENATOR CARROLL BLOOD SAYS STATE LDERSEA NEED TO STEP UP. WHERE IS OUR GOVERNOR? WHY IS GOVERNOR RICKETTS NOT STANDING NEXT? TO ME KAISER SAYS IT’S A BIGRGE ISSUE THAN JUST ME. IF YOU DUMPED A FISH IN THERE, IT WOULDN’T LAST LONG. AND EVENTUALLY IT GOES TO THE PLATTE RIVER.