In 2007, Bion Energy Technologies, Inc. proposed a cattle-and-ethanol business plan that would have built six 14,000-steer feedlots and a 50 million gallon ethanol production facility in St. Lawrence County, NY.
Citizens' Bion Forum developed as a repository for documents and a means of communication among people trying to figure out the likely costs and benefits of Bion's proposed project. The resources listed below include both documents consulted and documents created. Citations provide links either directly to the source document or to the website where the original document came from.
Note: Citizens' Bion Forum suffered a major server meltdown. Rebuilding the website is not yet complete, so if there's a document you think should be included, it may yet re-appear.
Please email if you have questions, comments, or suggestions for items that should be included on the citation list.
Title |
Year | Author | Full citation | Original document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Feeding Operations and Residential Land Value | 2006 | Ann Ulmer and Ray Massey | details | document |
| Bion Corporation Corn Ethanol/CAFO Project | 2007 | Donnelly et al | details | document |
| Bion Mass Flow Chart | 2007 | McClellan, Robin | details | document |
| Bion shelves feedlot, ethanol plans | 2009 | North Country Public Radio | details | document |
| Bion task force gets few answers | 2008 | North Country Public Radio | details | document |
| Bion Working Group Letter to St Lawrence County EMC | 2007 | Jewett, McClellan, Powers, Proemm, Heidenreich | details | document |
| Bion Working Group Position Paper | 2007 | Jewett, Gava, Heidenreich, McClellan, Powers, Proemm | details | document |
| Bion's Responses to IATF Questions | 2008 | Kapell, Jeff | details | document |
| Bion's Responses to Legislator Cobb's Questions, July 28, 2007 | 2007 | Kapell, Jeff | details | document |
| Bion's Responses to Shane Rogers interview with North Country Public Radio | 2008 | Morris and Kapell | details | document |
| BOL Statement, November 2007 | 2007 | Katz, David | details | document |
| Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations and Proximate Property Values | 2001 | John A. Kilpatrick | details | document |
| Detecting and Mitigating the Environmental Impact of Fecal Pathogens Originating from Confined Animal Feeding Operations | 2005 | US Environmental Protection Agency | details | document |
| Economic Impact Assessment | 2007 | Bridge Associates | details | document |
| Economic Impact Assessment Critique | 2008 | Katz, David | details | document |
| Economic Security Tour Presentation | 2008 | McClellan, Robin | details | document |
| Letter from EMC to Bion Working Group, Jan 30, 2008 | 2008 | Montan, Jon | details | document |
| Letter from Oswego County EMC to Oswego County Legislature | 2009 | Carroll, Tim | details | document |
| Letter to Governor Spitzer | 2008 | McClellan, Robin | details | document |
| Letter to the Editor | 2007 | McClellan, Robin | details | document |
| Meeting Notes, Fact Gathering Session, July 10, 2007 | 2007 | Gava, Louise | details | document |
| Position on the Proposed BION Ethanol Plant and Six Beef CAFOs | 2008 | Audubon Society (local chapters) | details | document |
| Probability of Nuisance Odors from the Proposed Feeding Operations of Bion Technologies | 2007 | Hopke, Grimberg, & Rogers | details | document |
| Risk Assessment Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations | 2004 | US Environmental Protection Agency | details | document |
| The Potential Role of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in Infectious Disease Epidemics and Antibiotic Resistance | 2007 | Gilchrest et al | details | document |
| Truck Traffic Estimate | 2007 | Katz, David | details | document |