Bion Announces Kreider Farms Permit Approved

Thursday August 12, 2010, 8:00 am EDT

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BNET.ob) announced today that its application for a Demonstration Permit for its Kreider Farms project Phase 1 has been approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Jeremy Rowland, Bion's Chief Operating Officer, stated, "We are very pleased to have resolution on the Kreider Farms permitting for Phase 1 and look forward to a timely installation for Phase 1. Now that Phase I is permitted, we will expedite the completion of our Phase II permit application related to the Kreider poultry operations and expect to file it shortly."

About Bion: Bion Environmental Technologies has provided environmental treatment solutions to the agriculture and livestock industry since 1990. Bion's patented next-generation technology provides a unique comprehensive treatment of livestock waste that achieves substantial reductions in nitrogen and phosphorus, ammonia, greenhouse and other gases, and pathogens. Bion's process simultaneously recovers cellulosic biomass from the waste stream to produce renewable energy. For more information, see Bion's website: www.biontech.com.

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