WORK CONTINUES AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF SHELL’S 6-BILLION-DOLLAR ETHANE CRACKER PLANT. CONTRACTORS HAVE BEGUN LAYING CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS FOR SEVERAL OF THE PERMANENT STRUCTURES FOR THE PLANT BEING BUILT ON THE BANKS OF THE OHIO RIVER IN POTTER TOWNSHIP. THE OFFICIALS START OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE CRACKER PLANT IS EXPECTED TO HAPPEN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. THE PLANT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME OPERATIONAL EARLY IN THE NEXT DECADE.