MOOSE CREEK — Outspoken crop
farmer Alain Leduc, who recently accepted the position of president of the
Seaway Grain Processors, says the ethanol project at Cornwall is still
waiting for a Ministry of Environment permit. Seaway hoped to have the
permit last September.
The permit will be granted and the
project will begin in the "near future," said Leduc, replacing
Bud Atkins who retired for health reasons.
The shrieking about ethanol odour
from two small environmental groups in Cornwall recently is no longer a
concern as it was reduced to a tempest in a teapot.
In other developments, Farm Credit Canada backed off
funding the corn-fed ethanol plant but that won’t affect the project,
Leduc says. "They’re not a player anymore. We’ve made other
arrangements."
