Feds charge Corn Plus ethanol co-op with a felony | StarTribune.com

Corn Plus, a major ethanol cooperative in southern Minnesota, was charged Friday with reporting that its pollution control equipment was working properly in late January when company officials knew it was not.

The alleged felony offense took place Jan. 27, less than a week after the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Corn Plus a grant of $128,658 from its Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels.

The alleged offense also took place while the company was on probation for a previous environmental law violation.