A FEDERAL LAWSUIT-- FILED BY A
PAIR OF CITIZENS
AGAINST BIG OX ENERGY IN SOUTH
SIOUX CITY,
NEBRASKA-- HAS BEEN SETTLED AND
DISMISSED. GOOD EVENING... I'M
STELLA DASKALAKIS.
MATT IS ON ASSIGNMENT.
ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS, THE
LAWSUIT FILED BY HOMEOWNERS GARY
JOHNSON AND SARA BLUM
WAS SETTLED ON AUGUST 27.
THE LAWSUIT-- FILED BACK IN
JANUARY OF 2019-- CLAIMED ODORS
FROM THE PLANT MADE THEIR WAY
INTO THEIR
HOMES, AND INTO OTHER HOMES,
THROUGH A
SHARED SEWER LINE.
THAT ODOR WAS LATER IDENTIFIED
AS HYDROGEN
SULFIDE GAS.
BIG OX STILL FACES OVER A DOZEN
OTHER LAWSUITS FILED
BY RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
IN APRIL OF 2019 THE PLANT,
WHICH CONVERTS
INDUSTRIAL FOOD AND AG WASTE
INTO NATURAL GAS,
SHUT DOWN.
THE SHUTDOWN CAME AFTER SIOUX
CITY OFFICIALS DECLINED TO RENEW
