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3. Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Statement of Operations Data

Schedule of Property, plant and equipment

		September 30, 2013				December 31, 2012
Land		$	2,757,375			$	2,837,780
Plant and buildings			81,893,252				83,004,928
Furniture and fixtures			375,546				376,333
Machinery and equipment			2,556,803				2,615,140
Construction in progress			29,263				82,627
Total gross property, plant & equipment			87,612,239				88,916,808
Less accumulated depreciation			(8,194,806	)			(5,023,336	)
Total net property, plant & equipment		$	79,417,433			$	83,893,472

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Tabular disclosure of all information related to any significant acquisition and disposal. Disclosure may include methodology and assumptions, type of asset, asset classification, useful life, useful purpose, acquisition cost, method of acquisition or disposal, depreciation method, gain (loss) on disposal pretax and net of tax, date of acquisition or disposal and restrictions on amount of proceeds from donated assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 205

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760

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