An EPA attorney told area residents the agency believes the seed companies that sent AltEn their unused products are ultimately responsible for the cleanup, not the government.
Scientists updated residents on their findings of a wide-ranging and long-term study into AltEn’s impacts on the environment and human health at a town hall Monday in Mead.
AltEn is seeking a renewal of its permit to discharge wastewater, but those who spoke at a public hearing in Mead on Wednesday were skeptical the company was able to
Nebraska’s Department of Environment and Energy plans to renew a permit for AltEn, the troubled ethanol plant in southeast Nebraska, to release cleaned wastewater onto nearby land. The department heard the public's thoughts in a meeting.