Lawmakers OK $4.5 million loan for clean fuels facility

COLUMBUS — A state lawmaker panel signed off Monday on a $4.5 million forgivable loan to assist the Columbiana County Port Authority in its efforts to develop a clean fuels facility in the village of Wellsville.

The funds will be used by the authority to purchase and prepare a 525-acre site for the Baard Energy Ohio River Clean Fuels Plant, which is developing a 53,000 barrel per day coal-to-liquids facility.

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