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http://www.newslO.net/news/local/sto-- gspx?storyid=90869 Page 1 of 1 <br /> I .. , . . -MODESTO <br /> Olivera E Ranch stench behind the chicken houses, and people living <br /> Egg downwind of that lagoon say the odor never leaves <br /> has French Camp neighbors the air. <br /> angry, suing "It smells pretty bad,"said Jorge Avila. "It's an <br /> everyday thing." <br /> Will Frampton <br /> A Fellow resident Joan Neumann said the smell attracts <br /> so many insects,they have to keep several fly <br /> Last updated 3 days ago catchers in the house. <br /> "We have a couple more days that we can use this <br /> one, before we have to toss it out,"said Neumann, <br /> pointing to a fly strip covered in dead insects. <br /> "Most of us stay inside,try to avoid it,"said Avila. <br /> Written by Will Frampton,wframpton@news10.net <br /> Follow Will on Twitter <br /> News10/KXTV <br /> FRENCH CAMP, CA-Unbearable. Horrible. <br /> Disgusting.Those are the words you're likely to <br /> hear from people who live near the Olivera Egg <br /> Ranch,talking about the smell coming from the <br /> waste pond there. <br /> The stench is so bad,the Humane Society of the Advertisement <br /> United States filed a lawsuit on behalf of residents <br /> living nearby. <br /> A lawyer for the Olivera Egg Farm tried to get the , <br /> case against his client dismissed from court, but a <br /> federal judge rejected that motion Friday, according ■ <br /> to the Associated Press. <br /> The suit was filed on the grounds of the general <br /> nuisance the odor presents, as well as the allegation <br /> that the egg ranch is not properly reporting its ■ <br /> ammonia levels, according to ranch owner Ed <br /> Olivera. <br /> He said the ranch is home to 650,000 chickens.The <br /> waste from those animals is deposited into the pond <br /> Print Powered By at Dynamics <br /> http://www.newslO.net/cleanprint/?1282088479817 8/17/2010 <br />