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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced an award of $3,072,696 for Tidewater Terminal Company Inc. to expand the availability of biodiesel throughout central and eastern Washington and Oregon and northern Idaho.Combined with more than $3 million in matching funds from Tidewater, the grant will make improvements at Tidewater's strategically located Snake River Terminal in Pasco, Wash., to enable the receiving of neat biodiesel by railcar and its blending and offloading to trucks for local delivery."This federal investment will support Tidewater's goal of establishing a regional distribution center to serve rural, agricultural communities in the Pacific Northwest with renewable energy resources," said Todd Busch, Tidewater president and CEO. "I would like to thank USDA and our members of the Washington and Oregon congressional delegation for all their work to make this project a reality." |