People near Detroit's waste incinerator will soon get some relief from its foul odors.
Joy Yearout is a spokeswoman for the state Attorney General.
She says the owners agreed to install technology to reduce the smell - and that will improve the quality of life for people in Detroit.
"More and more people are moving downtown," says Yearout. "You've got a lot of creative business owners investing and helping it grow -- and if you want to attract more employees and businesses, you've got to have a healthy and pleasant environment to work and live in."
The company will also pay $350,000 in fines, which will go into the state's General Fund.
Yearout says complaints about bad smells rose more than tenfold after new owners took over the incinerator - one of the nation's largest - and increased its operations.
The incinerator burns the waste to generate electricity.
