A farm with 2500 dairy cattle is similar in waste load to a city of 411,000 people. (Source below) The proposed dairy upstream of Lake Hendricks would have 3999 cows. Applying this EPA statistic, this dairy could have the pollution equivalent to a city of 657,435 people. The environmental costs of this dairy will be paid by other property owners. Yet the Brookings County government did not send our city official notice of this proposed dairy prior to the Planning and Zoning board hearing. It did not send the Lake Hendricks Improvement Association official notice. It did not send the Oaklake township board official notice. It appears some adjoining land owners to this property were not notified of the hearing while others were given less than 24 hours notice. If you take issue to this dairy or how Brookings County has handled this, we ask you join our convoy to the next Brookings County Commissioners meeting. Were meeting at 8:00 A.M. in the Hendricks (MN) Park on Tuesday, October 21st. Jay Nelson Mayor of Hendricks, MN (Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2004). Risk management evaluation for concentrated animal feeding operations. US EPA National Risk Management Laboratory. - Section 3.1 (page 21))
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 01:45:58 +0000
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