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Senate removes new setback language, approves upgraded odor tool option for animal feeding operations
Summary
The committee approved amendments that keep current setback distances intact but permit counties and townships to use an updated odor/annoyance footprint tool developed by the Agriculture Commissioner to adjust setbacks in local ordinances.
Senate Bill 2174, which previously proposed changes to setbacks for animal feeding operations, was amended in committee to remove any statutory change to existing setback distances and instead to preserve current law while allowing counties or townships the option to use a commissioner-developed odor/annoyance “footprint tool” to expand or reduce local setback distances.
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