A proposal from Sen. Carol Blood would create a special legislative committee charged with examining AltEn’s operations, as well as the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy’s attempts to regulate
The former suppliers to AltEn said the facility broke state and federal laws and violated the terms of the agreements they signed with the Kansas-based biofuel company.
AltEn, an ethanol production plant in Nebraska, was shut down in 2021 after contaminated wastewater leaked from the facility and containment lagoons were damaged. KETV is tracking the clean up efforts, along with what went wrong.