FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PSC ISSUES ORDER ASSESSING CIVIL PENALTY
AGAINST NEBRASKA GRAIN WAREHOUSE
Lincoln, August 15, 2023- The Nebraska Public Service
Commission (PSC) has issued an Order (GWC-450/GW-
2184) sustaining the complaint and assessing a civil
penalty of $24,100.00 against The Andersons, Inc. of
Kearney, for storing grain in an unlicensed facility in
violation of the Grain Warehouse Act, Neb. Rev. Stat.
§§ 88-525 to 88-552.
In July of 2022, an inspection by the PSC of the company’s
grain warehouse in Paxton, Nebraska determined that the
company was storing grain in six grain bins not listed on
the company’s grain warehouse license. A complaint was
then filed against Andersons Inc., by the director of the PSC
grain warehouse department alleging the company stored
grain in unapproved bins between October 2021 and July
2022.
A hearing in the matter was held in June 2023. Based on the
evidence presented at the hearing, the Commission finds
that the company stored grain in six bins which were not
listed on its grain warehouse license for its Paxton facility, in
violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 88-533.
“It is the duty of the Commission to ensure grain warehouses
are following state law,” said Commission Chair Dan
Watermeier. “Even though no losses occurred in this
instance, and the company worked with the Commission to
resolve the issue their actions put producers at risk and a
civil penalty is justified.”
The Company has 30 days in which to pay the penalty or
appeal the Commission’s Order. ###
Contact:
Deb Collins- Communications & Media Mgr.
(402) 471-0226
deb.collins@nebraska.gov
