http://nlcv.org NLCV News. en-us info@nlcv.org (NLCV) info@nlcv.org (NLCV) Newsight RSS Feed Generator Western Sugar Cooperative, of Denver, Colorado, reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over charges related to Clean Water Act Violations. According to the EPA press release, Western Sugar Cooperative will pay a $56,736 civil penalty and spend $350,000 on plant upgrades to settle claims that its sugar beet processing facility in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, had excessively high discharges of fecal coliform bacteria in wastewater. http://nlcv.org197.php 09/08/2010 http://nlcv.org197.php The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday, August 30, 2010 that a Nebraska landowner and an excavation contractor will pay a civil penalty of $30,000 to the United States, in order to quell allegations they used earth-moving equipment to construct a dam on a tributary to Spring Branch Creek without obtaining the necessary permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://nlcv.org196.php 09/08/2010 http://nlcv.org196.php According to the Lincoln Journal Star, Nebraska Senator Kent Rogert supports a third nuclear power plant in his state. The possibility of a third plant in Nebraska will be discussed at a public hearing Sept. 17 in Blair. http://nlcv.org195.php 09/08/2010 http://nlcv.org195.php When children were coming down with leukemia roughly once a month in a small farming community in western Nevada, health experts were confident they would pinpoint the cause. http://nlcv.org194.php 09/08/2010 http://nlcv.org194.php The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has approved all waterfowl seasons for 2010 as amended at the July meeting. http://nlcv.org193.php 09/07/2010 http://nlcv.org193.php The Nebraska State Fair is a lot of fun and a lot of food. Make that a lot of deep-fried food. Even the most health-conscious fair-goer is tempted by the many deep-fried food fancies offered at the fair. But that’s all right with Robert Byrnes, owner of Nebraska Renewable Energy Systems. http://nlcv.org192.php 09/07/2010 http://nlcv.org192.php Six refugees from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico took up residence in Nebraska on Friday. http://nlcv.org191.php 09/07/2010 http://nlcv.org191.php BP is warning Congress that if lawmakers pass legislation that bars the company from getting new offshore drilling permits, it may not have the money to pay for all the damages caused by its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. http://nlcv.org190.php 09/03/2010 http://nlcv.org190.php Almost two years after one-time ethanol giant VeraSun filed for bankruptcy protection, attorneys for the Sioux Falls-based company want Nebraska farmers to return money they got for delivering corn to plants at Albion, Central City and Ord. http://nlcv.org189.php 09/03/2010 http://nlcv.org189.php Seventh-graders at Fremont Middle School stepped outside of the classroom to get some of their lessons on Thursday. http://nlcv.org188.php 09/03/2010 http://nlcv.org188.php