Media Advisory: USDA to Hold Stakeholder Forum on the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program

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Title: Media Advisory: USDA to Hold Stakeholder Forum on the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program

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Media Advisory No. 0069.15

Contacts:
Office of Communications (202) 720-4623
Weldon Freeman (202) 690-1384

USDA to Hold Stakeholder Forum on the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program

WASHINGTON – The USDA Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program provides loan guarantees of up to $250 million to construct or retrofit biorefineries to produce advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals. Assistance is also available to eligible biobased facilities that convert biobased outputs from refineries into commercial-scale end-user products. USDA is holding a national stakeholder forum to discuss changes to the program under the 2014 Farm Bill.

Who:
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack
Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Lillian Salerno
USDA Energy Division program experts, and program partners and stakeholders

What:
A national stakeholder forum to announce the new Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program (Section 9003), expanding opportunities in renewable chemical and biobased product manufacturing, and application processing and program improvements.

When:
July 16, 2015, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Where:
USDA Headquarters, Whitten Building, Room 107-A
1400 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, D.C.

For those wishing to attend the event in person, please send an RSVP e-mail to: EnergyDivision@xxxxxxxxxxxx

To participate via the webinar, please go to: https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/789/9401

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