Lyons ? A dispute with a rural Kansas township board could cost Rice County a multi-million business opportunity.

The owner of Jacam Chemicals said Monday that he would build an ethoxylation plant in another state or Mexico because of the dispute. The planned expansion would double the size of Jacam’s current chemical manufacturing plant south of Lyons.

The cost of the project was estimated between $12 million to $20 million. It would bring 30 to 50 new jobs to the plant.

Jacam CEO Gene Zaid told the Lyons County Commission Monday that the company wants to improve drainage from the plant. He says the Atlanta Township board was hostile and rejected the plans without ever seeing them.

The Hutchinson News reports that township members say they rejected the plans because they would cause future drainage issues downstream.