Scott County, Iowa — The Scott County Board of Supervisors has received a request from Iowa Fertilizer Co., a unit of Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) to postpone the date of its public hearing originally scheduled for Aug. 28. The hearing concerns the application to rezone 318 acres in the county on property between Walcott and Davenport for a $1.3 billion nitrogen plant. The board said no reason was given for the postponement. The hearing was to be held earlier in August, but a postponement was sought at that time so that the company could prepare its presentation. A new hearing date has not been established. Many locals had been gearing up for a big turnout at an Aug. 28 hearing. A local zoning board rejected the rezoning back in July by a 6-1 vote. The Walcott City Council recently voted 4-0 against the plant and has asked its mayor to represent their concerns at the Aug. 28 meeting.
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