Proposed Wayne County CFO Regs and a call for others
In the comments to this post, Bob Sexton, one of the folks fighting a pig CAFO down in Jackson County, asked for a pointer to an online version of the proposed Wayne County CFO regulations. I looked around and could not find one, so I went down to the local planning office and the director was helpful and gave me a copy.
This is the current version, the one that has already incorporated changes requested by the county commissioners, and the version that will be re-presented to the commissioners for consideration (i.e. Adoption). Note the changes are indicated by underlines (additions) and strikethroughs (deletions): Proposed Wayne County Regulations.
My $.02? The proposed regs only deal with potential groundwater contamination, specifying required setbacks from water wells and residences. The changes in the regulations reduce the setback requirements when manure is to be injected into the ground as opposed to sprayed. There is nothing in the proposed regs to deal with the air quality issues, nor the humane treatment of animals issues.
My question: Does anyone have a bead on other local CFO/CAFO regulations? Have any local counties dealt with either the air quality issues or the humane issues?
Look over here for more info on Jackson County’s struggle.
