CentreDaily out of central Pennsylvania reports the following plans for a new biodiesel plant:

Willie Nelson is doing it. President George Bush and Gov. Ed Rendell are talking about it.

Turning soybeans into fuel is getting attention in Centre County too. The company that wants to build a municipal-waste landfill and industrial park in Rush Township has been floating the idea of eventually making a biodiesel plant part of the project.

The idea seems to be getting a warm welcome from township supervisors, but opponents to the proposed landfill say it doesn’t make the project any more appealing.

“I think all they want to do is build a landfill and bring in as much garbage as they can,” said JoAnn Gillette, a Clarence resident and member of the anti-landfill group People Protecting Communities.

Lancaster County-based Resource Recovery submitted its application to build a 274-acre landfill to the state Department of Environmental Protection in May.