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Sunday, April 06, 2008
Environment - More on "Benton County remains knee-deep in CAFO issues"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 14th, Joe Larson of the Lafayette Journal & Courier reports today in a story headed "Legal fight delaying hog farm operation," that briefs now have been filed before the Court of Appeals. Some quotes:
BOSWELL -- A controversial confined hog operation planned for two sites near this town is still being held up by legal wrangling, despite being granted special exceptions by the Benton County Board of Zoning Appeals last month.The Benton County Board of Zoning Appeals voted March 10 to grant special exceptions to Kokomo-based North Fork Farms LLC. North Fork hopes to build a 10,000-head farrowing operation near 5501 S. Benton County Road 600 West and a 6,000-head finishing farm near 4280 S. Benton County Road 200 West.
But a decision by a special judge last summer about who could sit on the Board of Zoning Appeals to consider North Fork Farms request is now under appeal in the Indiana Court of Appeals.
John Casey, the Rensselaer attorney representing the remonstrators, said he is challenging whether or not the Board of Zoning Appeals has the jurisdiction to disqualify members that it believes have conflicts of interest.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on April 6, 2008 05:42 PM
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