The U-S Air Force has come out against the proposed Fufeng corn milling plant in Grand Forks for security reasons.

A letter to North Dakota U-S Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer from the office of the assistant secretary of the Air Force said in part… that while the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) concluded that it had no jurisdiction, the Air Force believes the project presents “a significant threat to national security with both near- and long-term risks of significant impacts to our operations in the area.”

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The U-S Air Force has come out against the proposed Fufeng corn milling plant in Grand Forks for security reasons.

A letter to North Dakota U-S Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer from the office of the assistant secretary of the Air Force said in part… that while the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) concluded that it had no jurisdiction, the Air Force believes the project presents “a significant threat to national security with both near- and long-term risks of significant impacts to our operations in the area.”

Fufeng bought land in Grand Forks to build a corn milling plant about 12 miles from the Grand Forks Air Force Base.

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