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News Release 561
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HOSTS PUBLIC MEETING FOR OZBUN FARMS WATER PERMIT
Volume 34-561 |
Contact: Renee Bungart |
(For immediate release) |
573-751-4465 |
JEFFERSON CITY, MO, DEC. 22, 2006 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will hold an informational meeting on Jan. 22 to answer questions on the proposed Ozbun Farms Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation in Barry County.
This meeting is in response to public concerns that have been raised about the proposed CAFO and water quality in southwest Missouri. The department and other involved parties will be on hand to answer questions from 4 to 7 p.m. at the All Faith United Methodist Church on Highway 86, Eagle Rock. The format of the meeting will provide participants the opportunity to visit one-on-one with representatives from various agencies, including the Department of Natural Resources.
On Oct. 31, Ozbun Farms submitted a construction permit application to the department for a Class IC Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation. A construction permit is required for a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation housing more than 60,000 chicken pullets. A chicken pullet is a young hen that is being groomed to lay egg. The farm raises the pullets from chicks and then sends them to another farm where they will breed broiler chickens. Ozbun Farms' proposed waste management system is a no-discharge operation. This means that process wastes are contained and stored until proper land application of the process wastes can be done.
The department is currently in the process of reviewing Ozbun Farms' permit application. The department must ensure that the permit application complies with Missouri law and that the operations will protect the quality of the water in southwest Missouri. If the permit application meets all regulatory requirements and demonstrates that the operation will protect water quality, the department is required to issue the permit. The department expects to make a final decision to issue or deny the permit in February.
For more information about the public availability session, the permitting process or the Water Protection Program in general, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/env/wpp/index.html or call 573-751-1300 or 800-361-4827.
F or news releases on the Web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel. For a complete listing of the department's upcoming meetings, hearings and events, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.
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