DEC cites farm for manure runoffThe Owasco Lake Watershed inspector said the foam shown in this
photo indicates that manure from a nearby Twin Birch Dairy farm
field was washed into Dutch Hollow Brook tributary during last
week’s heavy rain. The photo was taken by the watershed inspector
as part of an ongoing investigation into the run-off pollution that
entered both the Skaneateles and Owasco lake watersheds.
A local diary farm was charged with violating state water
quality standards after last week’s heavy rains allegedly washed
manure off a field and into a tributary feeding the Owasco and
Skaneateles lake watersheds.
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Dear Citizens and friends of the Town of Schroeppel and Village of Phoenix, Thanks for all of the help and support you gave. We were able to keep mining from spoiling our town, and most importantly, our water supply. We need your help once again to pay the lawyer we hired to ensure our position if the vote had not gone in our favor. The bill came to just over $5000.00 and we are asking each family to make a $10.00 donation to the Pleasant Lake Association, who will be writing the final check. Of course, we will accept a donation of any size that you would like to make. The fastest and easier way to make a donation is online through PayPal. Even if you don't have a PayPal account, you can still donate using a credit or debit card. Click the button below to donate online
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| Take the Kreider Farms Tour Click Here On Monday (May 9, 2011) a member of the CFA & a Syracuse U student who is majoring in Film Documentary toured the Kreider Farm and the local area to find out how the Kreider Farm and the Bion project in Oswego County are a like. ( Film will be previewed in Aug) The farm pictured below is the Kreider Farm that has the Bio reactor on it ---- The picture below was taken in 1992 (No Bio reactor was on it at that time ) Information about the Farm 1. 1,200 dairy cows are in the Barn to the Top Left 2. Middle Barn is the Milking Barn -Cows are milked 3 times per day. 3. Next Barn is the Barn they use for sick cows 4. Ponds below the Barns are for the cows waste (3 ponds ) 5. The Bio reactor now is located just below the Barns in the ponds area as of (May 9, 2011) 6. The building to the lower far right are for 5 million chickens |
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The
Project’s initial phase will include finishing facilities for 72,000
head of beef cattle, ethanol production and an associated beef
processing plant.
On 10 December the Town Board of Schroeppel, in Oswego County, voted to
approve a resolution that supports Bion’s Project and “urges other
federal, state, and local officials to work cooperatively towards the
development of the Bion Project.”
Paul Casler, Supervisor for the Town of Schroeppel, said: "I look
forward to working with Bion. It is an exciting project for Central New
York and we’re very happy to welcome Bion to the Town of Schroeppel."
Bion has performed extensive studies over the past several years to
establish the general economics and feasibility of this upstate NY
project.
The decision to locate the Project in Oswego County was based on
multiple factors including strong support of the Schroeppel community,
presence of a major port with the facilities and experience to handle
bulk corn imports and beef and ethanol export shipments, existing rail
capacities linking the port with potential project sites and a regional
agricultural infrastructure that would be favorably impacted in meeting
the long-term input requirements of the Project.
When completed, Bion’s 72,000 head integrated and closed-loop beef
cattle project will be the largest individual cattle livestock facility
east of the Mississippi River. It will also be a world-wide model for
environmental sustainability.
Implementation of Bion’s demonstrated and patented comprehensive waste
treatment technology will result in the Project’s finishing facilities
exhibiting the smallest per head environmental footprint of any large
livestock operation in the world.
The Project’s closed-loop architecture is intended to produce
corn-based ethanol with a net energy balance at levels projected for
future cellulosic ethanol (if and when a commercial cellulosic ethanol
process can be developed and economically implemented). Bion’s
technology platform will produce renewable energy from livestock waste
at a significantly greater per head rate than energy generated via the
anaerobic digestion installations presently deployed in the livestock
industry.
The Project will create a long-term regional market for cropped farm
inputs that will return approximately 25,000 acres of under-utilized or
previously abandoned farmland to full production in the region.
The Project’s low environmental footprint will enable this large-scale
livestock facility to co-exist within 300 miles of markets with 50
million people creating the opportunity for local branding based upon
environmental attributes.
Its scale will be the basis for both environmental and economic
sustainability rather than being a source of environmental concern.
This Project is based on Bion’s proprietary, patented waste treatment
technology and its integration into its closed loop integrated
livestock project platform. Local and regional economic impact from the
Project is estimated to produce the addition of approximately 600 jobs
to the Oswego County regional economy.
These benefits will be reaped by the region in large part due to the
foresight of the Town of Schroeppel and its community leadership who
have invited Bion into their community after extensive review.
The Town of Schroeppel’s invitation requires that Bion meet the highest
environmental standards ever required of any livestock facility in the
United States which is possible solely due to implementation of Bion’s
patented and demonstrated waste treatment technology to handle to
livestock wastestreams and produce renewable energy for use in the
integrated facilities.
Bion now enters the active ‘pre-development/pre-construction phase’ for
this upstate New York Project, a process anticipated to take up to two
years.
This phase will include:
Jeff Kapell, Bion’s VP for Project Development /
Renewables, said: "We are extremely pleased to now be able to move this
Project forward based on the solid working relationship that has been
established between Bion and the Town of Schroeppel.
"We look forward to working with the Board to meet that part of the
their Resolution calling for ‘adherence to all pertinent federal,
state, and local laws, rules, and regulations including those related
to land use control and planning and environmental protection.’ Bion’s
unique technology and expertise are what make this Project viable and
will ultimately result in upstate New York becoming the world leader in
environmentally sustainable livestock production.
"
EXHIBIT 10.2
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE
TOWN OF SCHROEPPEL
Whereas the Town Board is committed to pursuing opportunities which
promote job growth and economic development within the Town of
Schroeppel; and
Whereas the Town Board has been engaged in discussions with Bion
Environmental Technologies, Inc. concerning Bion's proposal to develop
an integrated agri-business project involving large-scale raising,
finishing, and processing beef cattle together with related ethanol
production; and
Whereas the proposed Bion project would create local jobs as well as
demand for locally raised agricultural products which would enable the
return of local farmland to production; and
Whereas the Town Board finds that the Town of Schroeppel would be a
suitable location for the Bion project;
Now therefore, be it
Resolved that the Town Board of the Town of Schroeppel does express
its support for the development of the proposed Bion project within
the Town of Schroeppel and states its intent to work cooperatively
with Bion; and be it further
Resolved that the development of the Bion project shall be subject to
all necessary due diligence including adherence to all pertinent
federal, state, and local laws, rules, and regulations including those
related to land use control and planning and environmental protection;
and be it further
Resolved that the Town Board urges other federal, state, and local
officials to work cooperatively towards the development of the Bion
project.
Schroeppel, NY -- The Schroeppel town board is supporting the construction of a huge 72,000-cow meat processing and ethanol production facility in the town.
The board unanimously voiced its support of the project proposed by Bion Environmental Technologies, a Long Island company planning a complex that includes an ethanol production facility, waste management operation and meat processing plant. The board began talking to Bion officials in September.
Bion official Jeff Kapell said his company still has to meet several conditions before the project is a go in Schroeppel. “They (the board) said if you can get it passed through all the environmental hurdles and if you can get the financing, if you can do all of that we will welcome the project,” Kapell said. “We have not looked at specific sites yet and this project is very complex — there’s a tremendous amount of coordination that goes into it. Schroeppel officials said they would like to see the economic activity in their town.”
The project could bring 300-plus jobs to the area. Some of the issues that would have to be reviewed through the SEQR (State Environmental Quality Review) are traffic, odor and water. Bion’s proposed project entails a closed-loop operation that uses all the waste it makes, thereby eliminating any air or water pollution.
Kapell said it would make ethanol, use animal waste to make enough energy to power its ethanol plant, use ethanol waste to feed the cattle and then slaughter and package the beef to sell for consumption. It also has a small carbon footprint because corn is brought here on ships instead of trucks and meat processed here would be sold nearby instead of being trucked across the country.
Here’s how the operation would work:
Corn from the Midwest would be shipped by ship or barge to the Port of Oswego. Local corn also could be used, Kapell said. The corn would be used to make ethanol. About 50 million gallons of ethanol would be made in a year, Kapell said. It would be sold to the transportation market.
The ethanol waste, called distillery waste, would be fed to the 72,000 cows housed in closed barns on the site. The cow manure would be gathered several times a day and put through a process devised by Bion that extracts ammonia, nitrogen, phosphorous and other harmful chemicals. The remainder will be turned into cellulose, and used as a supplementary power in the ethanol plant.
Slaughtered cows would be processed into various cuts and sold to food service, commercial establishments or retail. Kapell said this would allow the 70 million to 80 million people living in the Northeast to get beef and beef products from nearby instead of having beef shipped in from the Midwest.
Bion officials also have met with representatives of the governor’s office and state legislators’ offices about the project. Bion would need about 1,000 to 1,200 acres, although it doesn’t all have to be in one area, Kapell said. The company would also grow crops on land to be used as a buffer area between its sites and neighboring farms.
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES INC - FORM 8-K - EX-10
- EXHIBIT 10.2 - RESOLUTION - December 15, 2009
EXHIBIT 99
BION ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Bion Announces Community Support
of Upstate NY
Integrated Beef Finishing and Biofuel Project
December 14, 2009.
New York, New York. Bion Environmental Technologies,Inc. (OTC BB: BNET)
announced today that it has received the unanimous support of the Schroeppel,
NY Town Board for the development of a large scale integrated beef cattle
closed-loop project ('Project'). The Project's initial phase will include
finishing facilities for 72,000 head of beef cattle, ethanol production and an
associated beef processing plant.
On December 10,
the Town Board of Schroeppel, located in Oswego County, voted to approve a
resolution that supports Bion's Project and "urges other federal, state,
and local officials to work cooperatively towards the development of the Bion
Project." Paul Casler, Supervisor for the Town of Schroeppel,
stated, "I look forward to working with Bion. It is an exciting
project for Central New York and we're very happy to welcome Bion to the Town
of Schroeppel."
Bion has performed extensive studies
over the past several years to establish the general economics and feasibility
of this upstate NY project. The decision to locate the Project in Oswego
County was based on multiple factors including strong support of the Schroeppel
community, presence of a major port with the facilities and experience to
handle bulk corn imports and beef and ethanol export shipments, existing rail
capacities linking the port with
potential project sites and a
regional agricultural infrastructure that would be favorably impacted in
meeting the long-term input requirements of the Project.
When completed, Bion's 72,000 head
integrated and closed-loop beef cattle project will be the largest individual
cattle livestock facility east of the Mississippi River. It will also be
a world-wide model for environmentalsustainability. Implementation of
Bion's demonstrated and patented comprehensive waste treatment technology will
result in the Project's finishing facilities exhibiting the smallest per head
environmental footprint
of any large livestock operation in
the world. The Project's closed-loop architecture is intended to produce
corn-based ethanol with a net energy balance at levels projected for future
cellulosic ethanol (if and when a commercial cellulosic ethanol process can be
developed and economically implemented). Bion's technology platform will
produce renewable energy from livestock waste at a significantly greater per
head rate than energy generated via the anaerobic digestion installations
presently deployed in the
livestock industry.
The Project will create a long-term
regional market for cropped farm inputs that will return approximately 25,000
acres of under-utilized or previously abandoned farmland to full production in
the region. The Project's low environmental footprint will enable this
large-scale livestock facility to co-exist within 300 miles of markets with 50
million people creating the opportunity for local branding based upon
environmental attributes. Its scale will be the basis for both
environmental and economic sustainability
rather than being a source of
environmental concern. This Project is based on Bion's proprietary,
patented waste treatment technology and its integration into its closed loop
integrated livestock project platform.
Local and regional economic impact
from the Project is estimated to produce the addition of approximately 600 jobs
to the Oswego County regional economy. These benefits will be reaped by the
region in large part due to the foresight of the Town of Schroeppel and its
community leadership who have invited Bion into their community after extensive
review. The Town of Schroeppel's invitation requires that Bion meet
the highest environmental standards ever required of any livestock facility in
the United States which
is possible solely due to
implementation of Bion's patented and demonstrated waste treatment technology
to handle to livestock wastestreams and produce renewable energy for use in the
integrated facilities.
Bion now enters the active
'pre-development/pre-construction phase' for this upstate New York Project, a
process anticipated to take up to two years.This phase will include: a)
extensive work with state and local economic development representatives
to maximize the Project's benefits to both the community and Bion, b) evaluation
of suitable sites leading to options and ultimately acquisition of land for the
Project, c) development of site-specific studies and reports demonstrating the
economic and environmental viability of the proposed operations as the basis
for permitting and financing, d) work with local, county and state officials to
ensure compliance with stringent environmental standards, e) development of
appropriate 'partnering' relationships for the Project, and f) acquisition of
financing for construction.
Jeff Kapell, Bion's VP for Project
Development / Renewables, stated, "We are extremely pleased to now be able
to move this Project forward based on the solid working relationship that has
been established between Bion and the Town of Schroeppel. We look forward
to working with the Board to meet that part of the their Resolution
calling for 'adherence to all pertinent federal,
state, and local laws, rules, and
regulations including those related to land use control and planning and
environmental protection.' Bion's unique technology and expertise are
what make this Project viable and will ultimately result in upstate New York
becoming the world leader in environmentally sustainable livestock
production."
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About Bion: Bion's technology
provides the only comprehensive solution to the environmental impacts of
livestock waste, including excess nitrogen and phosphorus, pathogens, and
ammonia, greenhouse gases, odors and other emissions. Bion has provided
solutions to the agriculture and livestock industry since 1990, with 30
first-generation systems installed through 2003.
Bion's next-generation technology
will be utilized in both its Integrated Projects and environmental
retrofit/remediation business segments. It is being deployed at Kreider
Farms to generate nutrient credits as part of Pennsylvania's efforts to reduce
excess nutrients in accordance with their obligations under the Chesapeake Bay
Tributary Strategy and will be deployed as the basis for Bion's Integrated
Projects. In addition to providing environmental treatment, Bion's
systems recover cellulosic biomass from the
waste streams to produce renewable
energy. Bion's patented technology is scalable, proven and quickly
gaining acceptance by regulatory agencies and other stakeholders as an
effective solution to the environmental issues associated with concentrated
livestock waste. For more information, see Bion's website:
www.biontech.com.
This material includes forward-looking
statements based on management's current reasonable business expectations. In
this document, the word 'potential', 'will', 'proposed', 'anticipates',
'projects' and similar expressions identify certain forward-looking statements.
These statements are made in reliance on the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act, Section 27A of the Securities act of 1933, as amended. There are
numerous risks and uncertainties that could result in actual results differing
materially from
expected outcomes.
Contact information:
Mark A.
Smith
Craig Scott
President
Vice President-Capital Markets/IR
719-256-5329
303-843-6191 direct
mas@biontech.com
cscott@biontech.com
