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Hyundai Loses Bid to Continue Round-The-Clock Work at Computer Chip Factory.(Originated from The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 1997 by Kidd, Joe
Apr. 20--All is quiet on Eugene's western front, thanks to a hearings official's decision to ban noisy nighttime work on Hyundai's computer chip factory at the end of West 18th Avenue.
In a ruling released Thursday, Milo Mecham turned down Hyundai's request for a six-month variance from the local noise ordinance. That means contractors can't operate trucks or other noisy equipment between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m.
The ruling overturns Assistant City Manager Linda Norris' Feb. 7 decision to issue the variance. And it upholds appeals by 10 people worried that Hyundai's nighttime noise disturbs west Eugene residents.
It's the first time in two years that Hyundai has lost a bid to operate backhoes, cranes and heavy equipment, and make truck...
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