Northern Ethanol Inc.In Niagara Falls, a Toronto-based firm building an ethanol plant in the city will provide 500 construction job, and over 100 full time positions. This all depends on the if the project is accepted in the state brown-field cleanup program.

Northern Ethanol , the name of the power plant has the option to purchase 70-acre parcel of land from Praxair Inc. for the construction of the million dollar plant. Natalie Horrell spokeswoman of Northern Ethanol said on Monday, "The land is quite contaminated, and that acceptance is the key to the project going ahead." According to the Buffalo News the state Department of Environmental Conservation imposed a 90-day moratorium on new applications to obtain tax credits in return for cleaning up and redeveloping contaminated sites. City and county leaders have backed the project and want it approved.