City poised to sue over sewage

The Lebanon City Council has authorized its legal team to pursue a lawsuit against CH2M Hill, OMI and Jacobs Engineering Group should ongoing mediation break down in connection to the “Cannibal System” the city uses in its wastewater treatment process.

“We had been working for a long period of time with the lawyers from CH2M Hill to participate in meetings called mediation,” said attorney Kerry Shepherd of the Portland law firm Markowitz Herbold PC.

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