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Employee Benefits
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]
9.
Employee Benefits
 
401K Plan
 
The LLC sponsors a 401(k) profit sharing and savings plan for its employees. Employee participation in this plan is voluntary and the LLC matches 50% of eligible employee contributions, up to an amount equal to 3% of employee compensation, on a biweekly basis. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, contributions to the plan by the LLC totaled $12,000 and $21,000, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, contributions to the plan by the LLC totaled $16,000 and $36,000, respectively.
 
Severance
 
The LLC adopted a Change of Control Plan (the “COC Plan”) in November 2006.  As a result of the disposition of the Company’s ethanol plants, a change of control under the COC Plan occurred, and therefore as of December 31, 2013 the Company accrued $4,180,000 in other current liabilities related to certain change of control severance payments owed to its corporate employees, which payments were made in the first quarter of 2014.