Ethanol plant questions and responses

Several weeks ago there was an initial meeting involving interested citizens, community leaders, and consultants for the principal investor of the ethanol plant proposed for Dadeville's industrial park.  John Glasier and Matt Campbell submitted, in writing, a series of questions about the ethanol plant.  A couple of days ago responses were provided by the investor's consultants.  The questions and responses follow.

Question 1

Please identify all the persons and entities who will be the owners of the ethanol plant proposed for Tallapoosa County, Alabama; and identify the parent corporation(s) and other entity structure of ownership of the entities who will be the owners of the proposed ethanol plant and identify which of these are publicly owned corporations.

Reply

The main principal is Jerry Brooks of Brooks & Gregory, LLC. The rest of the investment group has not been defined at this time. Alabama Renewable Energy Alliance, LLC believes that the majority of the investors would be from the local area.

Question 2

For each of the persons and entities identified in 1. above, please provide a list of all the other plants owned by them, including their locations and their NPDES permit ID's for air and water, further please identify which of such plants currently employ similar technology to that planned for the proposed ethanol plant.

Reply

Presently, Alabama Renewable Energy Alliance, LLC has no other ethanol plants in operation. However, AREA is willing to discuss technologies that are to be implemented in this facility. Since AREA does not have a plant operation, the permit questions can not be answered. But, the permits for all plants in the USA are public information and can be disclosed.

Question 3

Please identify all the persons and entities that will be responsible for construction of the ethanol plant proposed for Tallapoosa County, Alabama; and identify the parent corporation(s) and other entity structure of ownership of the entities that will be responsible for construction of the proposed ethanol plant.

Reply

Alabama Renewable Energy Alliance, LLC is ultimately responsible for construction of the facility. At this time a General Contractor has not been chosen.

Question 4

For each of the persons and entities identified in 3. above, please provide a list of all the other plants constructed by them; further please identify which of such plants currently employ similar technology to that planned for the proposed ethanol plant.

Reply

Again, as stated above, a General Contractor has not been chosen. By the end of the Due Diligence process a contract