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Agriculture department still taking comment on CAFO siting rule changes By Tony Ends
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Time to comment on state livestock facility siting rule changes is winding down, with the last of six public hearings held this week. Those two hearings are 178 miles and 240 miles northwest of Brodhead, in Onalaska and Spooner respectively. Citizens who can’t travel that far and who couldn’t make the Madison hearing Aug. 22 still have until next Friday, Sept. 13, to comment in writing. A Wisconsin administrative code, called Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (ATCP) 51, set standards and procedures back in 2006 that local towns and counties must follow in permitting new or expanding livestock operations. State lawmakers authorized the state department of agriculture (DATP) to administer those rules two years earlier. Hundreds of large-scale confinement operations, many of them milking thousands of cows, have constructed huge waste and other structures across the state since. Nutrient management, runoff management, and waste storage standards are all now targeted in proposed changes to the livestock facility siting
rules. Odor and setback standards, and improved processes for local implementation are also among proposed changes. Responding to citizen complaints, manure spills, well water contamination and other siting issues, the changes may now bring about first revisions of rules for Wisconsin’s confined animal feeding operations in 13 years. Citizens should comment now if they want DATCP to consider their views for final draft preparation in October. That document will go to the Board of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection in November. Final recommendations will then go on to Gov. Tony Evers in December and the Legislature in January 2020. Anyone can comment on the proposed changes at docs.legis. wisconsin.gov/feedback/agencyform?cite=cr/2019/98. Citizens can also write to DATCP-ARM, ATTN: Chris Clayton, P.O. Box 8911, Madison, 53708-8911; email livestocksitingcomments@wisconsin.gov, or post comments online at http://docs.legis. wisconsin.gov/code/comment Comments at the almost packed hearing in Madison ran more than 2 to 1 in favor of the rule changes. How-
ever, Clayton earlier told citizens only four people, two for and two against, showed up at the first hearing held in Oshkosh. Public attendance at the other hearings thus far have had stronger turnout. Come and compete for the evening’s Several citizens and farmers from prize with the other tables as Detective Green and Rock counties testified for Barney Knife solves the mysteries. the livestock facility siting rule changTickets are only $15 each, including a pulled pork dinner. This has to be one of the best values n the area. All the money raised by this performance goes to support the Juda/Oakley UMC. Tickets may be reserved by calling 608-934-5398. Tables of 8 may be reserved.
Mystery Dinner Theater at Zion UMC “A Fatal Night at the County Fair” presented by The Zion/Union UM churches is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. Don’t miss it! You’ll have a chance to spy on the unraveling of the plot to close down the fair. Blackmail, romance, and intrigue lead to a most unusual murder! Clues to solve the crime will be available for $1 each from the cast.
Luther Valley Historical Society’s first Historic Homes Tour On Sunday, Sept. 8, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. visit five limestone historic homes and two frame homes located in Spring Valley and Newark townships built between 1850 to 1885 as well as the Risum Round Barn built ca 1900 near Orfordville. Do not miss the opportunity to see the insides of some of these privately owned “beauties” while their doors are open to the public.
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Former state Rep. David Ward of Fort Atkinson, who co-sponsored Wisconsin’s livestock facility siting law in 2004, testifies Aug. 22 in Madison at one of a series of hearings on proposed revisions in state permitting rules. This Friday, Sept. 6, is the last day the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection will take public comment on the recommended protections at livestocksitingcomments@ wisconsin.gov.
Tickets can be purchased at the Orfordville Farmers and Merchants Bank, the Bank of Brodhead or by calling Kay Demrow at 608-752-1104. Tickets are $20. Booklets giving information and history regarding each home will be furnished to each ticket holder. A map of the district covered is included in the booklet. Booklets will be available at each home the day of the event.
es to protect public health and safety. In the Madison hearing, a hog CAFO owner from Crawford County opposed the rule revisions to odor standards. Former state Rep. David Ward of Fort Atkinson, who co-sponsored the state livestock facility siting bill back in 2004, also turned out in opposition to the odor standard chang-
es. A civil engineer and crop advisor opposed manure storage setback rule changes in rules for the state siting law. Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association, representing 450 land conservation committee supervisors and 350 conservation department
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