Now's the time to encourage your county supervisors to submit a resolution.

 

"This is an opportunity for counties to provide input to producers on site
selection, and the type of structures and facility management being
proposed," said Gene Tinker, the DNR's animal feeding operations
coordinator. "County supervisors can review and comment on the master matrix
that producers submit."

 

Producers in counties that file the resolutions must meet higher standards
than other permitted sites. They must earn points on the master matrix by
choosing a site and using practices that reduce effects on the environment
and the community. 


 


COUNTIES SIGN UP NOW TO EVALUATE ANIMAL CONFINEMENT SITES


 

Counties interested in evaluating proposed confinement facility locations
must adopt and file a construction evaluation resolution, then submit the
resolution to the DNR between Jan. 1 and 31. 

 

About 87 counties pass a resolution each year, allowing the county to review
the master matrix for totally roofed animal feeding operations that need a
construction permit before building.

 

"This is an opportunity for counties to provide input to producers on site
selection, and the type of structures and facility management being
proposed," said Gene Tinker, the DNR's animal feeding operations
coordinator. "County supervisors can review and comment on the master matrix
that producers submit."

 

Producers in counties that file the resolutions must meet higher standards
than other permitted sites. They must earn points on the master matrix by
choosing a site and using practices that reduce effects on the environment
and the community. 

 

Counties that participate in the master matrix process may accompany the DNR
on site visits to proposed locations. The county board of supervisors may
also appeal the DNR's preliminary approval of a permit to the Environmental
Protection Commission. 

 

Mail resolutions between Jan. 1 and 31 to Jerah Sheets at the DNR, 502 E.
Ninth St., Des Moines, IA 50319 or fax it to 515-281-6794. Sign-ups occur
annually during the month of January for the upcoming February through
January.  

 

For more information on which counties have adopted resolutions, check the
DNR website under animal feeding operations at www.iowadnr.gov/afo. Look
under Confinements - Construction Requirements - Permitted - Master Matrix
or
www.iowadnr.gov/Environment/LandStewardship/AnimalFeedingOperations/Confinem
ents/ConstructionRequirements/Permitted/MasterMatrix.aspx. 

 

Additional information for counties is available on the Iowa State
Association of Counties website at www.iowacounties.org
<http://www.iowacounties.org/>  under master matrix - construction
evaluation.

 

MEDIA CONTACT: Jerah Sheets at 515-313-8909 or [log in to unmask] .

 

 


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