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Could Durango-Georgia Become A Biotech Plant?

Researcher: Company Would Turn Paper Mill Into Ethanol Plant

POSTED: 8:54 a.m. EST October 30, 2002

A St. Simons Island-based organization that supports biotechnology research on Tuesday proposed an innovative alternative for the Durango-Georgia facility.

The Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research met with officials from St. Marys, Camden County, a state senator and representative of Rep. Jack Kingston's office to outline a plan that could turn the old paper mill into an ethanol-producing plant.

Durango-Georgia Paper CompanyDorin Schumacher, chairman and president of the consortium, told the group that Recovery and Reclamation Inc. has expressed interest in buying the Durango-Georgia facility to produce 3.4 million gallons of ethanol -- a fuel make from plant material -- and other commercially-viable by-products each year.

Schumacher outlined a four-phase plan that would ultimately result in a facility employing more than 3,000 people in jobs paying between $25,000 and $100,000 annually.

The environmentally friendly, alternative-energy production facility could qualify for federal grants, according to Kingston's representative at the meeting.

Only one midlevel Durango-Georgia manager attended the meeting. In the past, the company has not expressed interest in selling the plant.

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