EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — A lawsuit over methane gas seeping from a former Oregon landfill in Lane County has been settled for about $500,000.
The Register-Guard reports the county will pay $475,000 to the owners of the Eugene property, a group led by Veneta businessman Greg Demers.
The county will also spend $30,000 to $50,000 or more building and monitoring a trench to intercept the dangerous gas coming from the former landfill.
The recently approved settlement resolves a lawsuit filed by Demers against Lane County in 2009 in U.S. District Court in Eugene.
