Buchanan County, Iowa, supervisors late to comment on hog farm project.

Publication: Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, Iowa) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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COPYRIGHT 2006 Waterloo Courier

Byline: Brian Spannagel

Mar. 9--INDEPENDENCE -- Buchanan County supervisors missed their window of opportunity to comment on a proposed hog confinement project, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.

And because of their tardiness, until January 2007 other suggested operations in Buchanan County can proceed without meeting stringent criteria outlined in the master matrix grading system. Instead, proposed livestock confinements must only meet minimum state guidelines.

"They can no longer use the master matrix," said Gene Tinker, coordinator of animal feed operations for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. "It's just as if no master matrix is involved."

W.B. Farms filed applications for building permits in early and mid-January. The supervisors had 30...

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