VALLONIA — Silence.
After four hours of discussion and two votes, that’s all that greeted a Jackson County Board of Zoning Appeals decision Tuesday night that cleared the way for an 8,000-head confined hog operation in Redding Township.
Despite two hours of presentations from many Reddington residents, scientists and Jennings County Water Inc. officials, all opposed to the operation, Talara Lykins of Elizabethtown was granted a special exception for two 400-by-80-foot buildings to house 4,000 hogs each.
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May 10th, 2006 11:39
[...] Up in Jackson county, the opposition to the installation of a 8,000 head hog operation have continued. IDEM granted the permit for Talara Lykins’ operation, and back in October of 2005, the Jackson County Board of Zoning Appeals granted the request for a special exception. That would normally be the last hurtle before getting the building permits and breaking ground. However, an active citizens group and a concerned water company have continued to fight the placement of the operation. There is litigation pending against the BZA for issuing the special exception, and the IDEM permit is being appealed. There will be a hearing at the Office of Environmental Adjudication on that appeal starting tomorrow. The main complaint about the approvals is the site location, which many, including the Jennings County Water Corporation feel is not appropriate for a CAFO. The site is made up of “zipp” soil, which is very heavy with clay, and common in low lying areas. There is also concern that the water table at the site is just below the surface. Your may remember this picture, taken to demonstrate the site’s water issues: Previously: In the Indiana Law Blog Jackson County CAFO Battle Continues HOG CAFO A GO IN JACKSON COUNTY [...]