The LaPorte County Plan Commission on May 25 approved a request by Kingsbury Elevator Inc. for rezoning to allow it to store anhydrous ammonia at its location in the Kingsbury Industrial Park in Kingsbury, according to The Times of Northwest Indiana. The change must also be approved by the LaPorte County Commission and the LaPorte County Board of Zoning Appeals.
Kingsbury Elevator already has storage for 10,000 st of dry and liquid fertilizer at the site. The company has already undergone some $8 million upgrades since 2015.
The rezoning allows the company to install two 45,000 gallon ammonia tanks, which will provide FOB product as well as serve trucks going into northern Indiana and southern Michigan. The company will receive railcars via Canadian National and will source product from Canada, Mississippi, and Iowa.
Commission approval was originally expected in March, so the tanks and ammonia were already ordered and are onsite. The company’s attorney told the owners to hold off on further procurement until after the zoning request was finalized.