(AP) – A facility that converts nonedible poultry byproducts
into proteins has sued an Arkansas city claiming that its property is being
unfairly targeted by an odor ordinance enacted in 2015.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports Premium Protein Products purchased its
36-acre plot in June 2015, a month before the ordinance in Russellville was
enacted.
into proteins has sued an Arkansas city claiming that its property is being
unfairly targeted by an odor ordinance enacted in 2015.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports Premium Protein Products purchased its
36-acre plot in June 2015, a month before the ordinance in Russellville was
enacted.
The law prohibits bothersome odors in the city’s limits. Violators can be sued
or fined up to 1,000 for a single offense.
Premium Protein Products says the ordinance jeopardizes the plant’s commercial
viability and that the city lacked the authority to impose the ordinance.
Mayor Randy Horton says the ordinance was created for residents who complained
about odors emerging from other rendering plants that have occupied the space.
He says the ordinance was drafted before the company purchased the property.
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