Exhibit 10.1
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                                              NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                                   For More Information Contact:
                                                   Phillip Levin, Chairman & CEO
                                                 info@nviro.com   (419) 535-6374


               N-VIRO ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT TO BOARD AND OFFICERS

Toledo,  Ohio,  Wednesday,  December  1, 2004 -  N-Viro International Corp. (OTC
BB/NVIC.OB)  announced  the  Company's  Board of Directors has elected Joseph H.
Scheib  to  serve  as  a  Class I director, effective through the Company's next
annual  meeting  to  be  held  in  2005.

Mr.  Scheib is a CPA and is presently employed as the Chief Financial Officer of
Broad  Street  Software  Group,  Inc., Edenton, NC, and was previously Financial
Operations  Principal/Compliance  Officer  of Triangle Securities, LLC, Raleigh,
NC.  Mr. Scheib has been appointed to the Audit Committee, and will serve as its
Chairperson  and  financial  expert.

Chief  Executive  Officer  Phillip  Levin  remarked, "We are fortunate to retain
someone  of  Joe's background and high expertise to help the Company comply with
the  tougher  board  governance standards enacted under Sarbanes-Oxley.  Since I
have  moved  into  the  CEO  position,  we  had a need to fill a seat that would
require  an  expert on the Audit Committee.  We certainly feel Joe fits the bill
and  we  all  look  forward  to  working  with  him."

The  Company also announced it has elected its corporate officers for the coming
year.  As disclosed in a Form 8-K filed November 17, 2004, the Company appointed
Phillip  Levin  as  its  Chief  Executive  Officer, James K. McHugh as its Chief
Financial  Officer  and  Daniel J. Haslinger as its Chief Operating Officer, all
effective November 11, 2004.  The Company also appointed Michael G. Nicholson as
its  Chief  Development  Officer,  as disclosed in a Form 8-K filed September 9,
2004.


About  N-Viro
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N-Viro  International  Corporation  develops  and  licenses  its  technology  to
municipalities  and  private  companies.  N-Viro's  patented  processes use lime
and/or  mineral-rich, combustion byproducts to treat, pasteurize, immobilize and
convert  wastewater  sludge  and  other  bio-organic  wastes  into  biomineral
agricultural  and  soil-enrichment  products  with  real  market  value.  More
information  about N-Viro International can be obtained by contacting the office
or  on  the  Internet  at  www.nviro.com or by e-mail inquiry to info@nviro.com.
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The  Company  cautions  that  words  used  in  this  document such as "expects,"
"anticipates,"  "believes"  and  "may," as well as similar words and expressions
used  herein, identify and refer to statements describing events that may or may
not  occur  in  the future.  These forward-looking statements and the matters to
which  they  refer are subject to considerable uncertainty that may cause actual
results  to  be  materially different from those described herein.  For example,
while  the  Company believes that trends in sludge treatment are moving in favor
of the Company's technology, such trends may not continue or may never result in
increased  sales  or  profits  to  the  Company  because  of the availability of
competing  processes.  Additional information about these and other factors that
may  adversely  affect  these  forward-looking  statements  are contained in the
Company's  reports  and  filings  with  the Securities and Exchange Commissions.

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