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COLORADO
October 6, 2010
Juan Velez
7388 State Highway 66
Platteville, CO. 80651
Sonia Tuitele
Aurora Organic Dairy
1401 Walnut St., Ste. 500
Boulder, CO. 80302
Subject: Aurora Organic Dairy(USR-1602), Nuisance Conditions
Dear Aurora Dairy,
As you are aware, staff from the Department of Public Health and Environment visited your CBS (High
Plains) Dairy facility at 28520 County Road 72 in September 2010, in response to nuisance complaints
that had been received. At that time he observed raw manure storage on the dairy facility infested with
maggots with a large amount of associated flies. At that time the facility appeared to not be in compliance
with the following development standards of the approved Special Use Permit for your dairy(USR-1602)
that was approved by the Board of County Commissioners on July 11, 2007:
16. The facility shall be operated and maintained in manner to prevent nuisance conditions and
operate in accordance with the approved Management Plan for Nuisance Control.
19. The facility shall be operated in a manner to control flies. The facility shall operate in accordance,
at all times, with the approved Management Plan for Nuisance Control. Additional fly control
measures shall be implemented, at the request of the Weld County Department of Public Health
and Environment, in the event that flies, which can be determined to be associated with the
facility, are in such a number to be considered a nuisance condition. Additional controls shall also
be implemented in the event that the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment
receives a significant number of fly complaints associated with the facility, and in the judgment of
the Weld County Health Officer, there exists a fly condition requiring abatement.
21. The applicant shall remove, handle, and stockpile manure from the livestock area in a manner
that will prevent nuisance conditions. The manure piles shall not be allowed to exist or deteriorate
to a condition that facilitates excessive odors, flies, insect pests, or pollutant runoff. The surface
beneath the manure storage areas shall be of materials which are protective of State waters.
These areas shall be constructed to minimize seepage or percolation of manure contaminated
water. In no event shall the facility impact or degrade waters of the State in violation of Colorado
Water Quality Control Commission Regulation Number 81.
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43. The Special Review area shall be limited to the plans shown hereon and governed by the
foregoing standards and all applicable Weld County regulations. Substantial changes from the
plans or Development Standards as shown or stated shall require the approval of an amendment
of the Permit by the Weld County Board of County Commissioners before such changes from the
plans or Development Standards are permitted. Any other changes shall be filed in the office of
the Department of Planning Services.
The recorded USR-1602 plat identifies a "Compost Storage Area"and not a "Manure Storage
Area".
Aurora Dairy has since taken prompt action to address the conditions observed by staff. The Weld
County Departments of Planning Services and Public Health and Environment will therefore not be taking
any further action regarding this situation.
It is the policy and practice of Weld County to work with you to ensure that you are in and maintain
compliance your approved Use by Special Review Permit. Please note that staff will be visiting your facility
in the spring of 2011, to verify that you are operating in compliance with your approved Nuisance
Management Plan. If you have any questions in regards to your Nuisance Management Plan you can
contact Mr. Troy Swain at tswain(cilco.weld.co.us. If you have any questions about your approved Use by
Special Review Permit plat you can contact me at the above phone and fax number. Note that I will be out
of the office beginning on October 6th until October 28th
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Sincerely,
Chris Gathman — Planner III
Cc: Troy Swain, Weld County Department of Public Health & Environment
Clerk to Board of County Commissioners
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