July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Officials: State working on CAFOs (08/21/06)
Jay County Commissioners
By By MARY ANN LEWIS-
The Indiana State Department of Agriculture is taking a hard look at confined animal feeding operations in the state and hopes to have some programs in place in the next year.
Vicky Lochtefeld, a rural Jay County resident, and Drew Cleveland, both representing Indiana Farm Bureau, addressed Jay County Commissioners this morning about what is being done at the state level to help deal with the increased number of confined feeding operations (CFO) as well as the confined animal feeding operations (CAFO).
Cleveland presented commissioners Milo Miller Jr., Gary Theurer, and Faron Parr, with a draft from the ISDA concerning its livestock integration strategy.
"It's not official," Cleveland told commissioners about the draft, "but they're working on it. We just wanted to let you know what's going on at the state level and ask you to be patient."
The pair addressed commissioners today after months of concerns expressed by residents about the number of operations being constructed in the county and questions about how such operations could be more closely monitored.
The Jay Planning Commission held a series of meetings in July and agreed to recommend commissioners adopt the rules and regulations proposed in a comprehensive study completed in 2005 with some changes, including the setback rules and notification of adjacent property owners.
The planning commission presented a list of regulations to commissioners on July 17, and building and planning administrator, Bill Milligan, said today the commissioners have 90 days to act on those recommendations. After the 90 days the regulations will take effect without commissioners' action, Milligan said.
But before commissioners act, Dr. Stephen Myron, Jay County Health officer, wants to meet with them in a public hearing to address manure management issues, Miller said today. A date for that meeting has not yet been set.
Lochtefeld, who along with her husband own and operate a CAFO, has been vocal for several years about how closely those operations are already controlled by state and federal regulations and she cautioned commissioners about accepting the commission's recommendation concerning additional regulations regarding building permits.
"It's buearucratic. It's redundant. Do not forward that recommendation. If you do it's going to be a nightmare," she said about recommendations seeking additional permits that are already in place by the state.
"Let's talk about what makes sense and leave what doesn't make sense alone. Don't let people use your seats for their own reasons," Lochtefeld cautioned commissioners. "What the farmer says is, 'don't pick on us. Make it fair.'"
She said an education session concerning CFOs and CAFOs is planned by the IFB to be held Sept. 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the 4-H building at the Jay County Fairgrounds.[[In-content Ad]]
Vicky Lochtefeld, a rural Jay County resident, and Drew Cleveland, both representing Indiana Farm Bureau, addressed Jay County Commissioners this morning about what is being done at the state level to help deal with the increased number of confined feeding operations (CFO) as well as the confined animal feeding operations (CAFO).
Cleveland presented commissioners Milo Miller Jr., Gary Theurer, and Faron Parr, with a draft from the ISDA concerning its livestock integration strategy.
"It's not official," Cleveland told commissioners about the draft, "but they're working on it. We just wanted to let you know what's going on at the state level and ask you to be patient."
The pair addressed commissioners today after months of concerns expressed by residents about the number of operations being constructed in the county and questions about how such operations could be more closely monitored.
The Jay Planning Commission held a series of meetings in July and agreed to recommend commissioners adopt the rules and regulations proposed in a comprehensive study completed in 2005 with some changes, including the setback rules and notification of adjacent property owners.
The planning commission presented a list of regulations to commissioners on July 17, and building and planning administrator, Bill Milligan, said today the commissioners have 90 days to act on those recommendations. After the 90 days the regulations will take effect without commissioners' action, Milligan said.
But before commissioners act, Dr. Stephen Myron, Jay County Health officer, wants to meet with them in a public hearing to address manure management issues, Miller said today. A date for that meeting has not yet been set.
Lochtefeld, who along with her husband own and operate a CAFO, has been vocal for several years about how closely those operations are already controlled by state and federal regulations and she cautioned commissioners about accepting the commission's recommendation concerning additional regulations regarding building permits.
"It's buearucratic. It's redundant. Do not forward that recommendation. If you do it's going to be a nightmare," she said about recommendations seeking additional permits that are already in place by the state.
"Let's talk about what makes sense and leave what doesn't make sense alone. Don't let people use your seats for their own reasons," Lochtefeld cautioned commissioners. "What the farmer says is, 'don't pick on us. Make it fair.'"
She said an education session concerning CFOs and CAFOs is planned by the IFB to be held Sept. 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the 4-H building at the Jay County Fairgrounds.[[In-content Ad]]
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