Hyundai

The Hyundai Hot Spot

7-95: All you ever wanted to know about Hyundai ... and more: Within a month after the announcement of the project, two citizens' groups with concerns about the project are formed.

8-95: Citizens group fights multinational corporation: In the beginning, it was already too late ...

8-95: The City Council, the Covenant and the Memo of Mutual Understanding: Councilman's proposal that the City request Hyundai to sign an enforceable covenant with the city draws a tie vote, broken by Mayor's "no" vote.

9-95: Just the facts, ma'am: A Eugene fact-finding mission to Silicon Valley gets a perspective from their 20 years of experience with the semiconductor industry.

9-95: Does the Clean Water Act mean anything?: What was really not clear about the August Hyundai wetland permit hearing -- is why it had to be held at all.

9-95: If we really care about jobs ...: When the owner of Wildish Sand & Gravel testifies in favor of filling in the wetlands for the Hyundai project, he has the smarts not to talk about opportunities for labor.

9-95: Just a little chutzpah: John Lively, director of the Metro Partnership and a major player in the development of the Hyundai project, corners the market on chutzpah with a list of arguments supporting the issuance of the wetlands fill permit..

12-95: Halting Hyundai: CPA challenges DEQ decision on Hyundai. DEQ denies problem.

12-95: Plants vs Plants: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service biologist, sees no problem with an endangered Eugene wetlands plant cohabiting successfully with the proposed Hyundai plant.

12-95: Hyundai not "light industrial": The proposed plant does not meet the Metro Plan criteria for "Campus Industrial" for the fragile Willow Park wetlands.

2-96: Hyundai highlights: Wetlands, jobs, flooding & noise ... among other problems.

7-96: Hubbub over Hyundai hubbub: "The noise is unbelievable, and it's nearly constant ..."

7-96: Hyundai hanky-panky: Is 'Hyundai Semiconductors America, Inc.' for real?

7-96: CPA challenges wastewater fees: Proposed charges for treating its wastewater will gain Hyundai another $12,740,000.

7-96: Sierra Club files second suit against Hyundai: The suit in Federal Court in Eugene cites plant for violation of the Clean Water Act.

8-96: One suit against Hyundai denied, three pending: Arguments are presented in violation of the Clean Water Act suit in Portland.

9-96: Noise decibels up: The City grants the company its third noise variance.

9-96: Wastewater waste: The charge for the Metro Wastewater connection to the treatment plant for Hyundai and HMT is now on track for a lowered fee.

9-96: The exceedingly slow wheels of justice: Land use appeal decision now delayed 10 months.

10-96: 9th District Court upholds Hyundai: Hyundai lobbies to build Phase III.

10-96: Wastewater SDC giveaway: The new fees proposed to charge big users 1/3 what the city charges everyone else.

11-96: Hyundai - your good neighbor: Hyundai's Dong Soo Shyn assures us the multinational corporation just wants to be a "good neighbor" and "obey our laws."

9-97: Hyundai sues city - wants more handouts: Hyundai files suit challenging changes to the West Eugene Enterprise Zone program.

7-98: Developing a thirst: EWEB assures public there is enough water, albeit that the necessity for Hyundai's system expansion would come sooner. That day has come.

9-98: Hyundai to fund Eugene water quality projects: 1995 lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club, CPA, and the Constitutional Law Foundation, is settled for $250,000.

10-98: Proposed Hyundai air pollution permit raises questions: ... the necessity of emitting hazardous substances into the air, and the question as to how much authority citizens have regarding the monitoring and enforcement of such permits. Neither question is answered.

11-98: Hyundai's woes - Suits, counter suits, mergers, levies and junk bonds: The Eugene Hyundai plant is mired in a huge legal entanglement

20 key questions for a chemical company near you: Hyundai refuses to send a representative to the meeting and refuses to answer most of the questions.

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