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Residents tell Elkhart County Council they oppose confined poultry operation near homes
Summary
Multiple Elkhart County residents urged the council to intervene over a proposed confined poultry facility on County Road 13, citing odor, water runoff and health concerns. Council members said land-use and permitting authority rests with state agencies and recommended residents contact state legislators and IDEM.
Multiple residents told the Elkhart County Council during the public-comment period that a proposed confined poultry operation near County Road 13 would harm neighbors’ health, property values and quality of life.
"Therefore, 446 humans are going to have their lives adversely affected by this commercial industrial facility being put in the middle of a residential area," resident Gene Gibson said, summarizing his calculation of 63 parcels within a half-mile and citing census-derived household-size figures.
Gibson and other speakers described concerns including odors, airborne particulates dispersed by banked fans, water runoff and inadequate state enforcement of permit conditions. He said residents had submitted a petition…
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