"...The cooperative faces a claim from Greene Township that it owes the township more than $40,000 for engineering and other costs. Greene Supervisor Dave Jamison, also a LIDA board member, said Monday the township still wants to collect those fees...."  Extension denied for ethanol plant by Marijon Shearer, The Sentinel, July 18, 2006 (Click to read)     

Click to read Complaint No. 2006-1791 filed by Greene Township Board of Supervisors against Penn-Mar Ethanol LLC in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

"Greene Township supervisors want more than $40,000 from Penn-Mar Ethanol LLC for reviewing the developer's land development plan.
Supervisors on Tuesday authorized township solicitor Welton Fischer to sue Penn-Mar in Franklin County Court to recover $44,882 that the township spent on legal and engineering fees.
The township sent the invoice to Penn-Mar earlier this year. Penn-Mar answered on April 6 with a letter disputing the bill...."
Bill for $44K to Penn-Mar is unpaid by Jim Hook, Public Opinion, May 11, 2006 (Click to read the entire article)
 
This is apparently not the first time Penn-Mar Ethanol did not reimburse a township for its development review costs.  The following excerpt from the Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, PA), March 15, 2005 article Conoy resident seeks pollution solution by Nicole Squibbs reported about a Conoy Township Supervisor's meeting:
"...The township is attempting to negotiate with Penn-Mar to recover all or part of the $49,055 spent during conditional-use hearings for the proposed ethanol plant, which is now proposed for an industrial site in Franklin County. This does not include $11,000 spent to rezone the land."  

"I'm really glad the township is paying attention and realizes that Penn-Mar Ethanol is all smoke and mirrors," said DeEtta Antoun, the director of Citizens for a Quality Environment. "If you've got an $85 million ethanol distillery project, this is chump change," she said of the invoice...."
Township might sue over unpaid ethanol plant bill by Don Aines, The Herald-Mail, May 11, 2006  (Click to read the entire article)

Greene Township Website (Click)

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - Greene Township Supervisors unanimously voted to reject Penn-Mar Ethanol’s development plan for its ethanol distillery at Cumberland Valley Business Park.
Penn-Mar could still file a Conditional Use application at a later date. However, unlike the Permitted Use application the Supervisors just rejected, a Conditional Use process can be lengthy and requires a public hearing.

December 12, 2005 - Penn-Mar has appealed the Order and Opinion of Judge Richard Walsh that Penn-Mar's ethanol distillery is not a permitted use and that the height variance was incorrectly granted to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.