The Scott County, Iowa, Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-1 on July 17 against the rezoning of 318 acres for Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) to build a $1.5 billion nitrogen plant. The Commission met before a standing-room only crowd, and some 50 people spoke for and against the plant, according to the local press. Per OCI’s approval, the plant will now go before the Scott County Board of Supervisors for a decision in August. A new venue that can accommodate a larger crowd is being sourced for that meeting. The site is currently agricultural and would be rezoned heavy industrial for the new plant.
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