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Senate committee debates animal operation setback increases; sponsor offers amendment to retain 1‑mile maximum
Summary
Senators discussed House bill 21‑74, which would raise allowed maximum setbacks for large animal feeding operations; sponsor Paul Thomas proposed an amendment to cap the maximum at one mile and leave odor‑modeling optional for local governments.
Senator Paul Thomas pressed the Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee on a bill that would raise maximum setback distances for large animal feeding operations, saying the current draft goes “beyond where we need to go.”
The bill in question, referred by participants as 21‑74, was described by Thomas as the product of an interim model zoning task force. Thomas said the bill “increases the setbacks” above the current North Dakota maximum and cited proposed distances for larger operations: “to a mile and a quarter for 17,500 animals, a mile and a half, and over 25,000 a mile and 3 fourths.”
Why it matters: The bill would set statewide maximums that counties or townships may adopt but…
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