Update on Grant County CAFO Regs
The proposed CAFO regulations for Grant County are ready to be presented to the area plan commission, which is set to consider them next Monday:
If accepted in its current state, the proposal would require developers or owners of animal feeding operations, which house and feed a large number of animals in one area, to submit a plan for the farm; stay certain distances away from homes, schools, cities and towns and floodplains; and pay for several studies of the farm site.
Link (Chronicle-Tribune)
One interesting aspect of the proposed regulations is that, as the committee could not agree on municipal setbacks, the towns would get to set their own setbacks up to 2 miles under the proposal. The article notes that the proposal is likely to get lots of consideration by local policy makers, and some farmers are upset about the delays: Grant County imposed a moratorium on new CAFO’s pending the adoption of the new rules.
