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O'Brien County receives swine confinement expansion application for 'Sterk 1'
Summary
The county received a construction permit application from Barry Sterk for an existing swine confinement operation in Floyd Township to increase capacity to 1,920 animal units (4,800 head); no public comments were recorded and the Department of Natural Resources will be notified.
The O'Brien County Board of Supervisors recorded receipt of a construction permit application on Feb. 10 for 'Sterk 1,' submitted by Barry Sterk for Section 13 of Floyd Township. The application proposes increasing animals at an existing swine confinement facility to a stated capacity of 1,920 animal units, which the minutes translate as 4,800 head of swine finishers. The minutes note that there have been no written or oral comments received on the application and that the Department of Natural Resources will be notified of the filing.
The application was entered into the minutes as a notification to the board; the transcript does not record a public hearing, discussion, or vote on the permit at this meeting. The board's minutes instead record the administrative step of adding the permit application to the public record and forwarding the matter to the Department of Natural Resources for any required review.
