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Environment - More on "Court Declares Indiana Right to Farm Act Constitutional"
The Indiana Court of Appeals Jan. 12th decision in Donald J. Lindsey and Jacquelyn Lindsey v. Johannes DeGroot, et al, summarized here by the ILB, is the subject of a story this week in Hoosier Ag Today, written by Andy...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 6, 2009 12:57 PM
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 4 today (and 2 NFP)
For publication opinions today (4): In Donald J. Lindsey and Jacquelyn Lindsey v. Johannes DeGroot, et al, a 22-page opinion in a case challenging Indiana's Right to Farm Act, Judge Bradford writes:Appellants-Plaintiffs Donald J. Lindsey and Jacquelyn Lindsey (collectively, “the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 12, 2009 12:49 PM
Environment - Still more on "Huntington County dairy coming under new management"
Updating this ILB entry from March 26th which quoted a story by Niki Kelly of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette that began:There is good news and possible bad news for neighbors who have been fighting with the troubled DeGroot Dairy...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 12, 2008 02:29 PM
Environment - More on: Environment - "Huntington County dairy coming under new management"
Updating this ILB entry from Monday, March 24, which quoted an IDEM press release, Niki Kelly reports today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette:There is good news and possible bad news for neighbors who have been fighting with the troubled...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 26, 2008 11:44 AM
Environment - "Huntington County dairy coming under new management"
From a press release issued this afternoon by IDEM:Under an agreement reached with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), Huntington County dairy owner Johannes DeGroot and DeGroot Dairy, LLC, operating in Indiana since 2001, is barred from operating livestock...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 24, 2008 05:22 PM
Environment - IDEM to act against Randolph County and Huntington CAFOs
Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie StarPress reports:WINCHESTER -- The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has issued a notice of violation and a proposed agreed order to Union-Go Dairy stemming from a manure release into Sparrow Creek on April 3. The...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 26, 2007 09:09 AM
Ind. Decisions - "Dairy forbidden to handle manure"
Some quotes from Rebecca S. Green's story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, headlined "Dairy forbidden to handle manure: Judge orders DeGroot to hire third party."Owners of a Huntington County dairy will need to find someone else to deal...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 16, 2007 08:36 AM
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 8 NFP)
For publication opinions today (1): In Donald and Jacquelyn Lindsey v. De Groot Dairy, LLC and IDEM, a 7-page opinion, Judge Bailey writes:Donald and Jacquelyn Lindsey (“Lindseys”) appeal the dismissal of their Verified Petition for Judicial Review (“Verified Petition”) of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 4, 2007 02:57 PM
Environment - Closing the farm proves challenging to IDEM
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today exploring the potential ramifications of IDEM's action to revoke the permit of the DeGroot dairy in Huntington County. (For background, see this ILB entry from May 4th and this one from...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 2, 2007 08:19 AM
Environment - More on: IDEM revokes approvals for confined feeding operation in Huntington County; writ sought
This ILB entry from May 4th quotes from a Fort Wayne Journal Gazette story that:Officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management have revoked the permit for a rural Huntington County dairy accused of fouling local waterways. The 1,400-cow DeGroot...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 10, 2007 03:58 PM
Environment - IDEM revokes approvals for confined feeding operation in Huntington County
Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette writes today:Officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management have revoked the permit for a rural Huntington County dairy accused of fouling local waterways. The 1,400-cow DeGroot Dairy, 8278 W. County...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 4, 2007 10:11 AM
Environment - CAFO hearing; Pines transfer station
CAFO Hearing. "Dairy farm faces hearing on creek spill" is the title of a story today by Rebecca S. Green in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some quotes:After hearing arguments on a temporary restraining order against an Andrews-area dairy accused...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 19, 2007 10:51 AM
Environment - Still more on: Two CAFO stories today
Rebecca S. Green of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reports today:A Huntington County dairy suspected of leaking manure into an area waterway was no longer operating under the terms of a 2004 settlement with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 14, 2007 01:02 PM
Environment - More on: Environment - Two CAFO stories today
Updating yesterday's ILB entry on Huntington County manure spills, Seth Slabaugh of the Muncie StarPress reports today:MUNCIE -- An attorney representing DeGroot Dairy in Huntington County says it is premature to blame the dairy for a manure discharge this week...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 12, 2007 01:43 PM
Environment - Two CAFO stories today
"Manure pollutes Salamonie waterway" is the headline to a story by Rebecca S. Green in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some quotes:State environmental officials were on the scene Tuesday of a manure spill at a rural Huntington County commercial dairy...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 11, 2007 08:56 AM
Environment - More on "De Groot faces charges over construction"
Updating Saturday's ILB entry (2/25/06), the Huntington Herald-Press reports today, in a story by Beth Shindle:The Polk Township dairy farmer who turned himself in over the weekend for violating environmental management laws was formally charged in Superior Court Monday morning....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 28, 2006 01:11 PM
Environment - "De Groot faces charges over construction"
A story in the Huntington County Herald-Press, by Judy Fitzmaurice, reports:A Polk Township farmer who has sparred with state regulators over complaints of pollutant runoff from his dairy "megafarm" faces new legal troubles - but these have nothing to do...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 25, 2006 09:44 AM
Environment - Stories today
"Residents see more soot from steel mill" is the headline to this story today in the Gary Post-Tribune. Some quotes:OGDEN DUNES Longtime residents say pollution from nearby steel mills has been worse than normal this year. Community members are...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 16, 2004 08:03 AM
Environment - Huntington dairy paying $45,000 in suit settlement
"Huntington dairy paying $45,000 in suit settlement" is the headline to a story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Some quotes:As part of a settlement reached with state environmental officials, operators of the DeGroot Dairy in rural Huntington County...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 13, 2004 04:43 PM
Environment - Confined Feeding Continues to be an Issue in Municie Paper
More confined feeding stories today in the Muncie Star Press: "Two of six local counties regulate CAFOs," may be found here; "Dairy odor drives neighbors indoors" is here. The Washington Times-Herald has an AP story, also about a Henry County...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 2, 2004 07:53 PM