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Wayne County posts public notice for Gerald J. Lynch confinement feeding permit; comment period open through July 7
Summary
Wayne County published a construction permit application notice for Gerald J. Lynch proposing a new deep-pit gestating swine barn (listed as 1,280 animal units; transcript includes counts of 2,432 gestating sows and 768 farrowing sows and litter). The application is on file at the County Auditor's Office; written comments accepted through 4 p.m. July 7, 2025.
Chair Chris Moore read a public notice at the June 24 meeting that the Wayne County Auditor's Office has received a construction permit application from Gerald J. Lynch for a proposed deep-pit gestating swine confinement barn in Section 9 of Jefferson Township. The notice lists the post-construction capacity as 1,280 animal units and—in the application text included in the notice—states counts of 2,432 head of gestating sows and 768 head of farrowing sows and litter.
The application is available for public inspection at the County Auditor's Office from June 24 through July 7, 2025, during business hours (8 a.m.–4 p.m.). Written comments may be filed with the County Auditor's Office until 4 p.m. on July 7, 2025. The board recorded the notice but did not take action on the permit application at the meeting.
