US Ethanol Holdings LLC has announced plans to construct a 100 million gallon capacity ethanol plant in Wasco, Calif. The plant will be a $200 million investment, and will create 60-65 jobs in Kern County, in addition to 400-500 local construction jobs while the plant is being built.

The Wasco plant will be US Ethanol’s second California facility. They have four other plants under development in Indiana and Illinois.

“We worked on finding a site that was the right fit for them. For instance, they really needed rail access so we found them a site with just that,” Said Ron Mittag, Economic Development Director of Wasco. “We also worked with them to streamline the whole approval process, so they’ll be able to start construction sooner.”

Construction is scheduled to begin during the fourth quarter of 2007.

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