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Home My WebLink About710323.tiff 6O1 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Triple "C" Pork Producers, Inc. , c/o Richard A. Fowler, 2829 Sheridan Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, has requested permission, to locate a confined hog operation on the following described property, to-wit: A parcel of land located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SEISE*SWI) of Section Twenty-nine (29), Township Seven (7) North, Range Sixty-four (64) West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the petitioner was present, and WHEREAS, there was opposition to the location of this confined hog operation on the above-described premises, and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners heard all the testimony and statements of those present, and WHEREAS, the said requested confined hog operation is located in an agricultural zone as set forth by the Weld County Zoning Resolution, and WHEREAS, according to Section 3. 3(3)(c) of the Zoning Resolution of Weld County, said confined hog operation or any expansion thereof may be authorized upon the approval of the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, and WHEREAS, the Weld County Planning Commission, by resolution dated January 19, 1971, has recommended that this confined, hog operation be approved. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that-the petition of Triple "C" Pork Producers, Inc. ; c/-o Richard A. •Fowler, 2829 Sheridan Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, to locate a confined hog operation on the following described property, to-wit: A parcel of land located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE+SEg11SW4) of Section Twenty-nine (29), Township Seven (7) North,' Range Sixty-four (64) West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Weld County, Colorado, and as provided by Section 3. 3(3)(c) of the Zoning Resolution of Weld County, Colorado, is hereby granted under the conditions following:. 1. Any water and sanitation facilities to be installed shall be approved by the State Health Department. 2. That petitioner shall proceed with due diligence to construct said confined hog operation and that he shall have up to one year from date hereof to complete construction thereof. PL0658 710323 g 37' i 79 - - 3. Subject to any lagoon or,lagoons,being sealed to protect , the underground water able.' . - ' . • 4. All applicable subdivision regulations and zoning regulations ' shallbe followed and complied' with in accordance with the Zoning _ _ Resolutions of Weld County, Colorado. ' : - . • • Dated this .24th', "• "day;'of,March, 1971., BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO i. -. . - ATTEST: , o g Board, e<&4n �- . e),7 ,' _ Deputy County Clerk 1 - .• - ED'AS TO -. O' t. _ , . • , Q County Aprney: - - , , , ' " - A , ` f- ., - - • , l • Resolution gtg: Land Use Permit Triple "C" Pork Producers RECEIPT FOR CERTIFIED MAIL-30(4 (plus postage) SENT TO - ' '. /"• POSTMARK 1 _ ?feel�! 4'-ch��- OR DATE , 11 A.. a eta/ rmi ' 1 CP.O., STATE AND ZIP CODE : 2824= o�e�aH% X3� (DN ` OPTIONAL SERVICES FOR ADDITIONAL FEES 'RETURN' I. Shows to-whom and date delivered' ' ' 15d r i s '.!4u e, ' RECEIPT S With delivery to addressee only 650 2. Shows to,whom,date and where.delivered 350 SERVICES.- With-delivery-to'addressee'only. "'I 850 - d.ICG DELIVER-TO-ADDRESSEE ONLY • -' +" ,450"'"•' Z SPECJAL DELIVERY (2 pq5�RY (2 pounds or less) __„ r ' POD Form 3800 ,-NO ,INSURANCE-'COVERAGE,,PROVIDEO (See other side) July-1969 NOT FOR INTERNATIONAC MAIL nerd, IO700.397.4#e s , PLEASE FUR (tEL (S) INDIC 7ED' 6 BLOCK(S), 1AR 26 IRED FEE( ) PAID. Sho to 2 dot and addre s eliver ONLY 0 Y JJ I I whet dellAdd ABILIT �gj ssee"^^-•.�„ �ni . RECENT Me to { Received the numbered odic! a•scri elow. .' ®""' ' REGISTERED NO. SIGNATURE OR NAME OF ADDRESSEE(Mtut a way >e• ff((prl-ios�„� CERTIFIED N0. W C/J 2 t SIGNATURE OF ADDRESSEE'S AGENT,IF ANY INSURED NO. r DATE DELIVERED SHOW WHERE DELIVERED(only if requested) ' - eis-1G—T1M8-n 347-los GPO hl BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Vet— WELD COUNTY, COLORADO 0r 6� l4 APPEARANCES I} THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS: ) i .,, Marshall H. Anderson V Glenn K. Billings ) Harry S. Ashley ) ) COUNTY ATTORNEY: ) Samuel S. Telep ) COUNTY PLANNER: ) LAND USE PERMIT Burman Lorensen ) TRIPLE "C" PORK PRODUCERS ) PETITIONER: ) MARCH 8, 1971 Richard A. Fowler ) Harry Andrews ) Hog Operation PROTESTANTS: ) ) Mrs. Clara Heinze ) Walter Heinze - ) Harold Law ) Richard Heinze ) James Todd ) Mr. Carroll ) ) ) Mr. Anderson: We will call this hearing to order of Richard A. Fowler for a hog operation dba Triple "C" Pork Producers, Incorporated of 2829 Sheridan Boulevard, Denver, Colorado. At this time Mr. Telep will you make the record. Mr. Telep: Thank you Mr. Chairman, let the record show that this cause came on for a hearing this day, March 8, 1971, at 9:00 o'clock A. M., on the application of Triple "C" Pork Producers Incorporated c/o Richard A. Fowler of 2829 Sheridan Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, for a site approval of a hog operation to be conducted on a parcel of land located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Soutwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 7 North, Range 64 West of the 6th P. M. , Weld County, Colorado. Let the record further show that this hearing was published in the Greeley Booster on February 5, and February 26, 1971 as required by law. Let the record still further show that the applicant is present and is represented by Richard A. Fowler. Let the record still further show there is on file a resolution of the Weld County Planning Commission of January 19, 1971 recommending favorably as to this location for a hog operation subject to certain conditions. Let the record still further show that there are on file certifications that the adjacent landowners were duly notified of this hearing this day. Mr. Chairman I believe we are ready to proceed. Mr. Anderson: At this time we will hear from Mr. Fowler. Mr. Fowler: I am Richard A. Fowler of 2829 Sheridan Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, and the Planning Commission approved this on the contingency that we get a engineers's report on the lagoon and I spent some time with Ralph Hansen, Head Engineer at CSU, about the lagoon and sealing it, if necessary. I brought a letter to Glen Paul of the Health Department in regards to the sealing of this lagoon, he was in 2 favor of suggestions made by Mr. Hansen, from CSU. He mentioned that we should first dig a hole and find out what is necessary in this for an anerobic lagoon system - for the manure disposal..- and this seems to be the biggest question about the hog operation is the smell. I feel that in the location of this we are one-half a mile due west of one house as the crow flies and a quarter mile east of another house and there are no other houses within a half of a mile in a radius any direction. It states in an article that I received from Mr. Hansen, that you should be a quarter of a mile from any house for a lagoon system before your smell start bothering you. With a lagoon of this nature and a hog operation of this nature it is relatively new in Colorado and actually relatively new to everything - to every state - the question comes up all the time about hog smell and having this many hogs in a small area but then we are constantly researching the matter, the schools, the states, and the enviormental control people, the pollution and have come up with some pretty darn good systems for controling the smell and in feeds, the bacteria to put in lagoons. Almost - well there is any number ways of controlling this but .lust an anerobic lagoon system as this states being pumped out every - well take a figure twice a year - I just put as needed. As this lagoon gets larger - this manure what is left of it is pumped out into a honey wagon, and is spread on the ground such as Monfort or as anybody else do except they do it in dump trucks. Our manure is all in one spot and we can get it out at all times. If there is any smell arising all we have to do is pump it. This seems to be the only problem that people have in their minds about confinment hogs. I think the problem is pretty well controlled. Mr. Paul from the Health Department seems to think that this system that I have gone through and my ideas and what I want to do with this operation is about the best way done and he has confirmed this with Mr. Hansen from CSU. I am not sure what other kind of information you, want. I hope I have covered what seems to be the big problem. 3 Mr. Anderson: Alright, as these questions arise during these hearings we will call you back Mr. Fowler. Is there anyone else here who wants to speak for the applicant. Harry do you have anything you want to say? Harry Andrews: No, not at this time. Mr. Anderson: Is there anyone else for the applicant? If not we will listen to these opposing the applicant. Mr. Todd: I live at Galeton, my address is Route 1, Eaton, Colorado, and I live about a mile and a half east of Galeton and I farm the place right south of where the hog operation is going in and I am protesting the smell and also the pollution in the creek. I want to know why they want it right on the edge of the creek. We already have the dairy there as you know and I have about 130 head of holstein cattle running below that and I never had to bother about water and then they always drank out of the creek but that is no more. It is already so polluted that they won't drink it. If you go north of the dairy and look at the water and then go south I think you will agree. Mr. Anderson: Is there anyone else here who has anything to say. If you will come up and state your name and address. Harold Law: We have the farm on the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, which is just catty corner from the proposed hog operation and then we have the farm a half a mile south of the where the hog operation is and the Southwest Quarter of Section 32 and there is probably a lot of things I don't know about what they are proposing to do. I want to know if these lagoons are going to be covered or to be open and if they are what type sealing they are going to have to keep them out of the creek. We are proposing a cattle operation similar to that Mr. Todd has right north of us and we intend to use the creek for watering and we certainly don't want a polluted creek and we don't want the tentant on our farm - definitely we don't want them to have to smell this but I think that anyone that lives in Greeley - the smell surely travels more than a quarter of a mile. We live on Eldred Avenue about a half of a mile east of Linn Grove Cemetary and we certainly get a lot of smell in the summer - we are downwind from Farr's operation 4 and: from Monfort and I know that Farr's and Monforts do about everything that is humanly possible to keep the smell out but we are much farther than a quarter of a mile from either of those operations and we still get it. So there is a lot of questions in my mind as to just exactly what they are going to do to keep the smell and the pollution out of the creek and I think I am probably more interested in keeping the creek clean than anything than maybe the smell because we would just love to have this creek for a cattle operation. Thank you. Mr. Anderson: Is there anyone else? Galeton Mrs. Heinze: I am Clara Heinze and I live at/the place right next to this place where this is to go in to and I think we have enough, trouble there with the Carroll Dairy there - the smell and the pollution. I know I operate a dairy and the inspectors are always down on most any little thing that comes up and we try to do all we can to keep everything going good and I would hate to have more pollution problems in the area now. Mr. Anderson: Thank you. Does anyone have anything to say? Do you have anything to say Mr. Fowler? Mr. Fowler: The point that was brought out was the ditch the Owl Creek Ditch there - for cattle - the question that was brought up,by the Planning Commission - I have gone to Ralph Hansen, from CSU to work on sealing this lagoon. Glen Paul from the Health Department was to work with me so I don't pollute anymore - if necessary it will be sealed so there is absolutely ho drainage into the ditch. I am approximately a 1000 feet from the ditch. I think that their complaint was brought up due to, the dairy situation - the Carroll Dairy which is right on the ditch and at one time - I would estimate 3 weeks to a month ago his lagoon was shut off due to the fact that he was draining into the ditch rather than - the lagoon designed for our problems is small enough where the manure is pumped out and it is not drained into anything it is pumped out and spread on the land. I agree with their problem of the ditch there. This is why I am working with Glen Paul and Ralph Hansen from CSU on this problems so I am not polluting. 5 Mr. Anderson: In other words is there going to be say of your - none of your overflow will go into the ditch? Mr. Fowler: Oh no. Mr. Anderson: Whatever comes off of that hog operation is going to stay on your property Mr. Fowler: Yes Mr. Anderson: Water and all. Mr. Fowler: Right. I can read this letter. Mr. Anderson: We would like to have it as a matter of record we can make a copy of it and return the original to you. I don't think it is necessary to read it into the record at this time. Mr. Fowler: And also another thing that was brought up was Farr's and Monforts - we are dealing with a dealing with a completely different type of operation when we go into a lagoon type system in a hog feeding lot. All of my manure is trapped in a concrete pit inside the concrete building. It drains directly to the lagoon which is a 25 foot square lagoon for the sows and 100 square lagoon for finished hogs. In the situation such as Farr's and Monforts we have manure spread all over a pen maybe 100 foot square and I don't know how many pits they have - it is such a great area. I have confined all my manure into one small spot so it can be eliminated. I agree with these people I don't want to live in a smelly place either. Mr. Anderson: Are you going to live on the premises Mr. Fowler_ Yes sir. I don't know what to say - I spent a lot of time researching this and spent a lot of the taxpayers money ih':college 'learning about this and learing where to go to find out more about it. I feel that I have researched it pretty well. Mr. Ashley: Mr. Fowler, do you own this farm? Mr. Fowler: I will be a partner in it - yes. Mr. Ashley: How many hogs are you going to have? 6 Mr. Fowler: We are starting out with 150 sows with intention of finishing them all. Which will put 150 sows in the - on the property and, we will have about 500 baby pigs in the barn and 30 sows in the barn at a time and we will have about a little over a 1000 in the finishing barn when we go to finishing. Mr. Anderson: Will they all be confined within buildings or are they going to run out - sow will run out. Mr. Fowler: The sows will be on dirt there will be 15 sows in a 24 by 60 foot pen and they will have concrete feeding slabs and shelter for the sows but everything else will be on concrete and the manure will go into these pits. Like I said if there is any odor to it the bacteria can be added to it just like a septic tank - its like putting a cake of yeast in a septic tank to sped up the bacterial action. The drainage of these pits has been engineered such as the place up in Pierce , where when they drain these pits out there is still a scum left in the bottom of the pits to keep this bacterial action growing and they fill it with a little more water and manure - there is still bacteria in there so your bacterial action actually started at the barn and continue through. I am no sure I hope I made myself clear on the manure disposal and the odor control. Like I said I am more than willing to do my share to keep it down, and I don't want to have to take someone elses blame. The smell that has been there in the past - it has been brought in by somebody else. This is something I am trying to get away from. Mr. Anderson: In other words your overflow will never hit the creek. Mr. Fowler: No. There won't be any hog manure in that creek at all I can guarantee you that. Mr. Anderson_ Does that mswere some of the questions that you people have ? Mr. Law: The only question I have is if he is going to have this 150 sows on dirt how can you control the manure on dirt and the flit- situation and this sort of thing. 7 I can see on concrete where you can flush it down but on dirt what do your propose to do there? Mr. Fowler: If a person takes into consideration 150 sows on a confined area versus 150 to 200 cows on pasture - the drainage from pasture - cows - I don't know the statistics buta cow can go just as much as a sow and its got to drain somewhere but these pens - the nature of a sow is to root - so these pens have to be constantly scraped and so to stay level with the scraper this mixes this manure in to the soil the same as so as spreading it on the pasture. It could just as well drain into that creek from somewhere else. There are products out which I saw on the Channel 4 news the other night - this Firma-Grow - which is suppose to or they advertise on the news - I have to do more research into it but it is suppose to 'speedsup:the_bacterialaction in the belly of the hog to where your manure isn't quite as potent and as much. Mr. Law: My question is how do you control flies with a confined manure situation. He is talking about cattle running on pasture and there the manure is spread over 160 acres - otherwise you have this manure in a confined area and this more or less condenses it. The other question I would like to ask on these lagoons and I am not familiar with them at all, and that is just pure ignorance on my part, but are these going to be covered or open or what type of a situation do you have there for fly control? Mr. Fowler: On this fly control for the sow pens as I said this manure is spread - it is the nature of the hog to root. A person has to keep these holes out so there is no mud built up in the pens and well mud and wet manure is where your flies breed. Damp spots and this is part of the program to keep these - not only to control and prevent them from coming in. This is a big problem in the summer time in the winter time when most - when it is going to be wet most of the time the flies aren't breeding. There are products out to be sprayed, fumigated, to be sprinkled on. In California I used a sprinkle on type of ,a fly control - every damp spot there was, everytime I washed down a pen I spred it around and I killed about 90 percent of the flies. I had to hose off flies off my walkway. My lagoon system is going 8 to be an uncovered lagoon - it is going to be an open lagoon but this lagoon like I say is going to be drained as it is needed It is not going to be a type of lagoon that just sits and settles and as such as where the cows where - he has his lagoon which is a much much bigger lagoon. He just has it sit and settle and then drains the top of it off. Everything is going to be pumped out of this. Mr. Anderson: Are there anymore questions? Mr. Todd: I don't think Mr. Fowler has answered my question or your County Commissioners too - why do they pick a creek to put something like this on in the first place? They should get it up on the hill someplace. Mr. Fowler: The creek is more of a problem to him than it is to me. I am not going to be draining into it. My lagoon system is going to be such that my drainage is gotigoing that direction I am far enough away. If needed by inspection from Glen Paul will seal it, in the manner he prescribes. I think I am getting into trouble for something someone else has done and has since been stopped from doing it. Mr. Anderson: Does that answer your question? Mr. Todd: Well I don't think it has been stopped if you go out and check the water above and then down in my field. I dont think it has been stopped at all - not to my knowledge. Mr. Anderson: In other words this isn't the problem the other problem already exists Mr. Todd: Yes it is already there. Mr. Anderson: In other words if you clean that up would you have any objection to this if he doesn't pollute the creek? Mr. Todd: No but I don't see how he can build up here and the creek down here and when it rains and floods how is he going to keep it out. See he is a lot higher than the creek is and I don't think it is possible. Mr. Fowler: On a lagoon system there is a flood barrier that has to be - your side walls of the lagoon have to be higher say 4 foot higher than the land the normal flow of the water its, going to have to be one big rain to come in there and overflow the lagoon. Thats a lot of water and we are not going, to have any 9 water draining into it to over flow it. Mr. Anderson: Is all the flood water going to be diverted around this? Mr. Fowler: Right - see a lagoon system has to be set up the walls of the lagoon system have to be set up higher - higher than the normal flow of the water so this isn't a problem. All this is a problem in excavation. I have material here would you like a copy of it? Mr. Anderson: Yes we would like a copy of all your reports. Mr. Fowler: The total area of the south pen is only 100 foot square, which is another excavating problem which is being taken care of. Mr. Anderson: Are there any more questions? Walter Heinze: I live to the east of this hog raising that is going in. I would like -to know the capacity of this lagoon and how much water is going to be consumed - the amount - where this water is going to come from and if it is going to be under this North Weld Water - how much is it going to take, because we are under this same thing as you are to and they are having problems getting water up there. Mr. Telep: Mr. Chairman I believe this is a question directed to whether this is potable water or not - North Weld water Mr. Fowler: Yes we are on the North Weld Water Line we are at the end of a line off the 4 inch tap. To my knowledge put on there if there has been a booster pump/- excuse me, on the line further down for such a problem - I am not quite sure why there is a problem with the water I think that should be the Northern Weld County Water Districts problem. Mr. Anderson: Do you have a contract with North Weld Water saying they can supply you with water? Mr. Fowler: Yes a verbal contract. We have spoken to them and it is contingent to this meeting here that we put in the water tap. { Mr. Anderson: How big a tap? i 10 Mr. Fowler: We are putting in a 5/8th tap or 3/4 tap. Mr. Anderson: Does that answer your question Mr. Heinze? Mr. Heinze: I still haven't heard what capacity this lagoon is and how he is going to be able to - when it is 30° below how he going to be able to control this flow on this lagoon as far as pumping and spreading the manure and disposing of this manure. This lagoon just right next to us is a big lagoon it is almost up to the banks and is almost ready to run over and it is just all a sheet of ice. Mr. Fowler: You are referring to the Carroll Dairy lagoon aren't you? Mr. Heinze: Yes. Mr. Fowler: This is under a completely different type of a system that I am going to use - his has been proven to be wrong He doesn't intend on pumping his water. The problem in pumping the water at 34° below - this is only a weekly problem there is not that much - my lagoon for my sows for instance would be inside one pit and it would be drained every three weeks inside the barn. It is 80 foot long and 2 foot deep and 2 foot wide - I don't know mathematics so I don't know cubic feet but this is all the water that is going to be dumped out. Every other week this is going to be dumped out with this much water. The lagoon 25 foot square 9 foot deep will hold an awful lot of water and it is not my intention to let it build up to where I am going to have any problems. It will be pumped out before it hits the certain level of problem nature such as a freeze. I:think - well if the lagoon builds up that far well I am in as much trouble as the people on the creek if it'is going to f low that far before it seeps into the ground. This whole manure disposal all come back down to management. If a guy is going into a business and it is his responsibility to take care of this. If I have the problems that these people are talking about I am not going to make a dollar, because it is going to be effecting me. Mr. Anderson: Are there anymore questions Mr. Heinze? 11 Richard Heinze: I live north of the dairy and I would like to know what is he going to do with the remainder of the ground? Is he planning on farming it or leave it lay idle in weeds like it was in the past year? Mr. Fowler: Well I think if you go out there whre you live out there I have been out there before we even owned the property andmmowed the weeds down. That is one thing I was talking with one person about him putting some alfalfa on it but I can't promise anything - it costs money - but there aren't going to be any weeds growing. I guarantee that too. Mr. Ashley: How much land do you own there? Mr. Fowler: There is forty acres. Mr. Anderson: Is there anymore questions of Mr. Fowler? Walter Heinze: You have taken the way I get it - you farm the forty acres on the south of this - is there anybody committed to the upper 40 acres of this piece of ground? Is it going to be under irrigation? Mr, Fowler: I couldn't answer that it is not my property. I don't have any idea if anybody is committed - oh wait I do - no one has committed to buy it they are going to put alfalfa in it as far as I know and it is irrigated. Mr. Anderson: Does that answer your question Mr. Heinze? Is there anymore questions or does anyone else have anything to say? Mrs.: Heinze: I still think no matter if you have 5 hogs or 1000 if you have got them in a small area you still have that same odor there that you would have if they are spread all over the section and I don't how to keep it down and with all the other odor we have there, I just don't see how we can mix it. There is too much livestock in that area already. We have a dairy to the west of us, we have cattle I am feeders to the east of us and then/in the middle and then have this hog farm right on top of me there I don't approve. Mr. Fowler: I think if you will look at the state plan it shows from Greeley east is agricultural - I don't know how to rebut that because there are no facts. The only thing I can say is that is an agricultural county, its an agricultural area out there. I think people are spending hundreds and millions of dollars to research the . things of this nature and if the only person that can do it is the 1 12 college campus we are in trouble. Agriculture: is a business - it is not a game. I think that if a person can put up an operation of this nature, something to be proud of and take care of it. I am not trying to go in and hurt the ecology of the land or pollute anything. I am going in to do what has been taught to me and what I have picked up through the years working with hogs. The same way with beef cattle they are constantly changing. It is not going downhill or they would not still be spending money. Mr. Anderson: Harry do you have something to say? Mr. Harry Andrews: I am one the principalsof Triple "C" Pork Producers. I would just like, to emphasize what Mr. Fowler has tried to state. We want to be good neighbors, we have no desire to - I live on the farm and I am in the agricultural business I live in the country I think I am as aware of these kinds of problems as anyone. We have been going into this hog business it take a lot of money, it is we think the scientific modern way to produce pork. This is the way we intend to operate it there is no guarantee on. anything we certainly are planning to make a success of it or we wouldn't be committing the capital and time to set it up. We feel or have felt that we have picked an area that was ideally suited for this type of an operation for me or anyone else to say that there are no problems, there is no odor, no sanitation problems in the hog business is to say there are no sanitation problems in the cattle business, the dairy business or any other type of business. I do not understand the difference between a dairy operation which many of you people have and are expanding - there is odor, fly problems, with a dairy operation as with any kind of livestock. I would only like to emphasise to you people in the area and to the Commissioners and to the people of Weld County that we are not trying to bother anybody. We are going to do this right. I will tell you the biggest reason that compelled us to do it right - possibly is not the rules and regulation etc. , its the hogs. You can not for the very reason as someone said, Mrs. Heinze I believe, and its a very --- I understand your question. You ask how you can confine hogs in a 13 very small area and not have odor, flies and problems. You can't - you control these problems because you have to to make the business otherwise I think that the hogs are the determining factor. It has to be a very sanitary operation this is the way we -.intend to run it. Wehhave_spent several:_months as you gentlemen know proceeding to this point and we are committed to this operation and would like permission to proceed with it. I can again only emphasise to you people we want to be good neighbors and I assure we will do everything practical within reason to control these problems that you are concerned with. If they are a problem to you they are a much bigger problem to us and we will see that they aren't a problem to anyone. Mr. Anderson: Does anyone else have anything to say. Mr. Todd: I don't know with a big hog operation like that it takes a lot of water and they only have 40 acres andthey'aie going to pump this lagoon all this time and keep it on this 40 acres. I want to know how they are going to keep it up there. It is going to run back into the creek. The fact is that they are higher than the creek - it has to run back into the creek. I've seen the time that the creek got high enough to wash over it and go down clear south of Galeton. I don't think they can keep up with it. Mr. Fowler: Well the answer to the ••question about spreading the manure - well some of it will be spread on this 40 acres - this manure is just as valuable as cow manure from Monforts - its easier to handle. The people in Pierce have no problem they don't even get to the bottom of their lagoon - they have a honeywagon - and some of the farmers around by the honeywagon and the manure and it never really actually goes into the pit. There is a demand for manure. You see people everyday hauling it from Monforts and Farrs. This is an easier system to spread manure. It is not only going to be spread on our farms but on other peoples. It is a very mobile thing. Mr. Anderson: I think at this time Mr. Lorensen would you give us the Planning Commission recommendation. 14 Mr. Lorensen: Mr. Chairman, the Planning Commission recommended approval of this site for the hog operation primarily for the following reasons: (1) it had recommended approval from the County Extension Office, (2) it also has a recommendation of approval from the Health Department, and that would be subject to a sealed lagoon with the aid of a qualified engineer, (3) and that the development be complete within one year. I would like to add this is zoned agricultural land. That the surrounding use - those that are there now - it was felt that these uses were compatible. There is a dairy operation - the land is open generally. There areveitiemely:scattered residences in the area - very few - and these are all taken into consideration when this was recommended for approval. In addition to that they do have a report from the, I believe CSU, on the type of lagoon. The purpose of that lagoon was to protect that stream from any pollution and there is recommendations in there for the type of seal that would be necessary and I feel that it was the Planning Commissions' point of view in this that everything is being done that could be done to make this a safe operation and that it would not pollute the stream. I think that would conclude the comments. Mr. Anderson: We have time for one more question. Mr. Carroll: Mr. Fowler says this manure is valuable and I don't think it is that valuable cause I just had Gale Webster gave me 700 tons and I can still get maunue free if I want it. I think that in a matter of years - not very many - we can get a lot of it. Mr. Anderson: Mr. Heinze. Walter Heinze: I have=-a question maybe to put before: the Board to - is this going to effect the taxes out there in any way, the valuation of our land, that we are agricultural, strictly farmers and this quarter of ground that this is going to be into is basically going to be pork production or dairy production neither one are concerned with farming. Mr. Anderson: Well it should add to your base value of your school:t district out there you have more tax base to work from. Walter Heinze: It not going to hurt our taxes2 Mr. -Anderson: No it should build up the tax base in the district out there. 15 Mr. Billings: I might give a few figures on the hog operation at Pierce as it was mentioned earlier. I don't the total amount of money that you are going to invest in buildings and equipment here but that operation at Pierce did increase possibly $2,500.00 to the school district. Mr. Anderson: Ladies and gentlemen we had the same similiar situation the same kind of conversation practially with the Pierce hog operation they had about the same mixed emotions about the same as there is here today. If I remember right, correct me if I am wrong, The people left here that day and went to Fort Collins to two or three different hog operations to see how they exactly operate and came back with a different view of these hog plants, of how they were being run. Would you people be in favor of doing that before we make a decision The people around Pierce were very much against this until they went and visited two or three that they went to see. Mr. Billings: They went over to Wellington. There are four of them in the Wellington area and they looked at all of those. Farrowing and feeding operations where they are confined. I have kept a real close tract of the ones at the Pierce area myself. Some of the objections we had previously and it is close to the Town of Pierce, as I recall three quarters to a mile a mile, in fact I was just by there yesterday. The operation itself is about one-eighth of a mile from the road and as I went by their yesterday and - I_.havp_never been_by there yet and smelled any offensive odor from this operation up there. There farrowing is totally confined, the sows and the breeding sows are out in the open. I think if you people would go and look at the one at Pierce and go on over to Wellington, there are about a half a dozen in the area. One of them sits right along I-25 over there. I think from probably what I have heard here this would be more similar to the operation at Pierce, than to those over in the Wellington area. To this date and I have talked to many people in the area around Pierce other than those who were totally prejudice irregardless whether there was any effect or not. Everyone that I have talked to in the last year and a half has been -or has not expressed any objection. 16 Mr. Anderson: What we are trying to get at we don't want to hold up progress and we don't want to cause any problems to the enviorment or to pollution. If .you people agree to that we will take this matter under advisement. If you want to go look at this the same as the people at Pierce and we have not had a complaint from them. You can write us or call us or whatever you want to do or we can meet back in here on a quick meeting. We have had the same situation with the people at Pierce. The . didn't we have one down here by Johnstown someplace. Johnstown was simply out of reason we simply couldn't go on it. But I think it is an educational thing on both sides here and we would like to have you people a little bit better informed. We have been through this thing abuut 4 or 5 times. The one at Pierce where they have a lot of feed and barley and wheat and things and it seems like a feasible place and the Galeton area it seems like if it is runrright maybe its alright. If you people would take a few hours and run and look at some of those. Would you be willing to go with them Mr. Fowler? Mr. Fowler: Yes. Mr. Billings: I would like to ask Mr. Fowler one other question and someting that the people here might be interested in. I assume that you are familiar with either fermagrow or prolene supplement that you put in you feed and how it deteriorates your manure so that there isn't any smell in uses of this type.. Mr. Fowler: I just hear about fermagrow and then on the Channel 4 news . I have already been working on talking to the feed dealers on that in the last couple of weeks but if it does what they say it will do. It is worth looking into. Mr. Billings: I raise hogs myself and it does do what it says it will do. Mr. Fowler: I talked with a gentlemen this morning which has another products which is very similar to it. He says his does it better and cheaper - its the same problem everybody has with feed. I do intend on looking very seriously into this or something of this nature. 17 Mr. Billings: This is something that I wanted to bring out for the benefit of those people who are here objecting today that this something that has been developed which deteriorates the bacteria in your manure and eliminates the smell almost completely. I don't think they have developed it yet where it can be used for cattle. It is mixed right in with your feed and it is actually a supplement and for the pigs with minerals and vitamins they need and also eliminates the bacteria. I have nothing further. Mr. Anderson: If it is agreeable with everybody, would that be agreeable with you Mr. Heinze. Mr. Heinze: I have another meeting that day. Mr. Anderson: We will have---- Mr. Telep: Mr. Chairman, may I make an observation. It appears to me that the Board does not have sufficient information for a decision at this time and if the Board is entertaining the idea of applicant and protestants visit existing feeding operations then I say then in all fairmess this Board should continue the matter until a time certain at which time we will have more information and hopefully it will be information derived from a visit to these places and I so recommend at this time and otherwise I think this meeting is concluded. Mr. Billings::, I move that this hearing be continued to March 17, 1971 at the hour of 2:00 P. M. Mr. Ashley::: I seconded the motion. Mr. Anderson: You have heard the motion how do you vote? Mr. Billings: In favor of the motion Mr. Ashley: Yes. Mr. Anderson: The chair votes yes. 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Y 41.1I , ` :!'• I 1 1r ,i.. -.La.l.Ld. +. 11� t t it,::,/,::1,11.1,;,. .[.. a I I �1 .' � ,1rl4.'•',..;:.7';.;,•.i."7"/..1:•':., II I IY 'lll I a 1 —Y • - ,�. I I .' .r YI 1 t+ • II I ' , .::;:•..:, ..,...:7....4 ( II 1 (' d•v' • , < 11 r• , 15 k 'Sit 1� w� t 1! r--1 1 S I I. . • : .;,.i...,•,'.....:7'2..., , f f I4 1 1 t' _. J_....._J_ �=1 I- —L '...-.:‘,-7,;•-'.,,,t7:1:7:77: + v j— u.A::•211:1::/".......221......:h,- .1 f.77:7::---:....4.7 _ L L ,.If l i' I ,', I .— iJ I I 5 1 f { .I , , T1 • I , I' t y tl i II' ,.. t V.1.)'..,';..r 1 V f I 4 e _. I er de The Weld County' Planning Commission held a regular meeting Monday, January 18, 1971 at 3:00 P. M. in the 4th floor hearing room of the Court House.• Roll cal; was al follows: • J. Ben Nix, Chairman Present • Glen Anderson Present Philip Bowles Present • Ronald Heitman • Present • Donald Clark Present John Watson Present John L. Weigand Present Others: Burman Lorenson, Planning Director Present Tom Connell; Assistant County AttorneyPresent Glen Paul, Sanitarian Present • As a quorum was present the Weld County Planning Commission was ready to do business. • SUBJECT: Minutes MOTION: By Mr. Weigand' to approve- the minutes of the last regular meeting as mailed. Second by Mr. Watson. A unanimous vote of "Aye". Motion carried. APPLICANT: Triple "C" Pork Producers, Inc. ' CASE NUMBER: SUP #85:71:1 tape 323 SUBJECT: Hog operation .LOCATION: SE4 SWh Sec 29 T7 R64 APPEARANCE: Richard Fowler DISCUSSION: Mr. Lorenson presented copies of the plot plan, waste inventory, and proposed stock pen capacity to the members. The area for• the operation will be located in approximately 10 acres. The operation has been approved by the Extension office. Mr. Lorenson read a soils report from the Soil Conservation Service, stating the soils are appropriate if lagoon is. sealed. Recommended approval subject to the construction of a sealed lagoon of proper depth with the aid of a qualified engineer and development be com— pleted within one year. • RESOLUTION: • Be it therefore resolved to recommend approva'_ to the Board of County Commissioners subject to Mr. Lo,-anson's recommenlations of an engineering report on a sealed lagoon and a plan acceptable to the Planning Department. Motion by Mr. Bowles, second by Mr. Watson. A unanimous vote of "Aye". tion carried. APPLICANT: Western Agri—Systems, Inc. CASE NUMBER: Z-171 tape 323 SUBJECT: Zone change A — A—UD LOCATION: Sec 33 + 34 T3 1161 and Sec 3 T2 R61 APPEARANCE: EdiVenable, Robin Bardwell, Tom Nieman, Andy Gurtner DISCUSSION: Mr. Lorenson read letters from the State Health Department and the County Health Department approving the proposal of Western Agri—Systems. Mr. Gurtner stated he had no objections. Mr. Bowles stated he felt Denver— Metro has had problems with their management and didn't think they could provide: the volume in a state that would be required at the site for Western Agri—Systems, properly digested. Ha felt an iron—clad contract with Derrer— • Metro is necessary. ' Mr. Venable read a Revised Colorado Statute enactri' . • 1963 defining the Powers and Duties of Public Health. 50( i f . . . SUBJECT: HUD (• i 'DISCUSSION : :Mr. Lorenson stated there is monies available through - HUD between now and July for -acquisition of land for Island Groves An attempt is being made to submit an application for this pdrpose . An Area Planning Office is' necessary in order' , - to do this . Greeley is attempting to qualify under an Area Planning Jurisdiction . There is a policy board made up of the C ' 6 County Commissioners , however a chairman was not elected . . - Inasmuch as Larimer County is acting as staff this year and providing a secretary , Mr. Wolover is being appointed as chair- man . The chairman of the Regional Planning Commission must sign - the application as one of the requirements . APPLICANT: Frank C . Stewart • CASE NUMBER: ' Z-164 . RESOLUTION : 'By Board of County Commissioners --to . grant zone change • A. to C ; Dated 3/10/71 . • - - APPLICANT : Gordon Lacy - CASE .NUMBER: ' SUP #84 - 'RESOLUTION : By Board of County Commissioners to approve the expan- sion of an existing poultry operation . Dated 3/10/71 . , ' • APPLICANT : - Duane Claassen CASE NUMBER : SUP #79 RESOLUTION : By Board of County Commissioners t o grant •expansion of , existing hog operation . Dated 3/10/71 .- . APPLICANT: Robert K. Swanson . - CASE ,NUMBER : ' SUPE #81 - RESOLUTION: '{By Board of County- Commissioners to approve the exPan- sion - of an existing cattle feeding operation . - Dated 3/10/71 . • APPLICANT: Donald & Betty Coulson - CASE NUMBER : SUP #78 - - RESOLUTION : By Board of County Commissioners to deny the request for site approval for dog kennels . Dated 3/17/71 . APPLICANT: Norman Gibbs ' CASE NUMBER : SUP #80 • • RESOLUTION : By Board of County Commissioners .to' approve- a commercial ' dairy operation . Dated3/24/71 : - . - , . . APPLICANT: Triple 3C" Pork Producers , Inca ' _ CASE NUMBER.:. SUP #85 • • RESOLUTION : By Board of County Commissioners to approve a confined , ' hog operation . Dated 3/24/71 . Respectfully submitted , C.. .:.i Dorothy Hi ' 1 , Secretary I i 3/16/71 521 a BEFORE THE WELD COUNTY, COLORADO PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION OF RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Case No. SUP 65 Date 1/19/71 APPLICATION OF ........'rig. :.;•... C -.Dome._D;otiueo •;,......Ino..•.e%•..4.ehard--=.....Fowler Address 'F9q L'.Uerlrk.n...:.11x1..,.. )..a:a=.,....;...C...J.o. £Q2].4 Moved by g_.ilip•••Eew1ee that the following resolution be introduced forpas- sage by the Weld County Planning Commission: Be it Resolved by the Weld County Planning Commission that the application for re;onimgit(n ( Diga4citctg ' Pint)C:4f bi:Jv....L,I. :.214A , of EGG...(,+.P __: s.7Gt; covering the following described property in Weld County, Coloraao, to-wit: Southeast-{u rLer of thu Southeast-oun_t.:r of tt, :,outhwest-?uarter (SF;isflsw'-) of Section ;`•enty-nine (29), Township Coven (7) North, Range Sixty-four (64) Jest of th,t 6th P I'.. , Jeld County, Colorado • be recommended (favorably) (,unftvoroabl.x)G to the Board of County Commissioners for the following reasons: .,ppcota'l rcco•_i.ndod hq t•i ; ount-• rxtension office, approval of th,- L lth - epsrtment subj.,ct to a scal d 1F.r;oon with tha aid of a cualifi d rngineer and development to b complet d within on: y,ar. Motion seconded by Tc .n • LLtiso; . Vote: For Passage: Glen..Frdr•-Gon Against Passage: r,e J.],9.nn...t.o-4]:...S....................... ..,read Tohn....; ,:tsar • The Chairman declared the Resolution passed and cordered that a certified copy be forwarded with the file of this! case to the Board of County Commissioners for further proceedings. PC-Z-005 /1 CERTIFICATION OF COPY I, ,1ptgt",f..,Nal , Recording Secretary of Weld County Planning Commission, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution is a true copy of. Resolution of Planning Commission of Weld County, Colorado, adopted on Jan,,, , ,,,,,19.71 , and recorded in Book No. IT , Page No. , of the proceedings of said Planning Commission. Dated this ._,,,19th.. . day of Jan, , 19 7. ;. Recording Secretary, Weld County Planning Commission pC-Z-006 p CASE NUMBER: ,_1 /)P p S - -0', p - LOCATION: -- jet/ 5e 47. SInJ/Q SEG,29 7 7 49- . - - REQUEST: ZONING USE CONDITION 1. AREA REQUESTING CHANGES , dGr'/ 4'492 2. ADJACENT AREA TO: NORTH . .• SOUTH • - EAST ,. WEST "/livl 3. A/04/6 • EXISTING NONCONFORMING USES AS ZONED 4. d1A.4/' NONCONFORMING USES IF REZONED AS REQUESTED • 5, d��.v NONCONFORMING USES AND STRUCTURES TO BE REMOVED AS . SHOWN ON--PLANS FOR PROPOSED EE ODVET.OPMENT - - • 6. REZONING CONFORMS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE.PLAN- YES . 4/)f NO' e 7. .HAVE OWNERS OF ADJACENT PROPERTY'BEEN CONSULTED REGARDING THIS YES NO :_. 8. DISTANCE.AND DIRECTION FROM NEAREST CO.MMUNITY: . /fill/• /o,f7;;/C44-` O/= . l At a 7ZYL/ - - . . . - 9...CQMNUNITIES ACTION ON REQUEST: 441./f - ` 10.. WITHIN ONF,HALF. MILE ..OF SUBJECT THERE ARE . _ 0 ' SQ. FT. -OR OF r, Dg,ep - ry ZONING. - - • . - :OR ACRES NOT BEING-UTILIZED AS ZONED. U. TYPE OF OPERATION: 4/yf/fP/C/cz�/`�JpG. ,4r/y1. - - 12. TREATMENT- AND DISPOSAL OF DRAINAGE: /�e2,t9tJ/9 - .-. 13. .STREAN OR WATER BODY RECEIVING DRAINAGE (NAME, DISTANCE, AND DIRECTION) :. /)i-r4inn_' or/icl..19/7q Cdnci!»irnti,/ . / %.rtu, n.eal-17` • i `14. AGRICULTURAL-LAND-CLASSIFICATION: We- /7 WWI" 15. PREVIOUS CASES: • - PLANNING COMMISSIONERS NUMBERS 4/0/le REQUEST: ACTION: 16. HEALTH,DE.PARTMENTS-ACTION: / 17. SOILS. REPORT: /f' /f FCo/y/f1>P..im4 ,37./. / 4/ DSO// 7457/? nv�ac a/ 7121 18. COMMENTS: I • - • • (OVER) V ; 19. THE WELD COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THIS REQUEST BE Arff 0 4- ' FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: A, 0. Ai it/�/hrik /h 40/4 .64:44-90, ogr z. rI err 1. � �'.a v l�f 9J/nc'f"!ia S'rJ///e.Sf r Suh 6eG , % 724 /'l-ni 4yizi he Yri n'4.,7 s'eneati.%cr7s9n 47Errer e900/ o % / /4cc�.r f��; /� a�a eve • • • • 20. PLANNINO'CCMMISSION ACTION: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES: DATE: • • • • • • 21. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' ACTION: ' COUNTY CCMISSIONERS'-MINUTES: DATE: • • • 22, DATE: STAFF: • 1/12/71 Dick PowLr :' 2E29 Sh ridan Blvd. Denver, Colorado Dear Sir: Th "cic Thu - �l_ .;u:ir_; Cc _fission frill r-vi u o re -u of fo_ ;,ycp ci l US ID__tit for f ho4 op ,'t etion Mon 'ic?-, ,?Lnu ry 1£, 1971 at. ;:CO . . :I. in th • 4.t't: ? floor h _ring roori of th, (',urt .:us Pl' ;; t • pr,s .nt. Sine • Doroth ;:;i 1, cr:.t ry • BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FIELD CHECK 1/7/71 WJD VARIANCE NUMBER • NAME Triple C Prok Producers Inc. REQUEST • LAND USE N Irrigated Farm Land E Irrigated Farm Land • S Irrigated Farm Land • N Irrigated Farm Land p r ZONING N Agriculture (A) Agriculture (A) 3 Agriculture (A) N Agriculture (A) • • RECOMMENDATION: Location from Galeton - One mile North and z last on the North side of the County Road # 76. • Type of soil - Sandy Loam • Topography - Land slopes to the West. Drainage of any excess amounts of water runs, into a drain ditch with no name and eventually runs into Greeley #2 Ditch. there are no buildings on this parcel at the present time. Distance t6 the nearest set of improvements is approximately 1320 ft. from the West corner of parcel. , The property owners ;to the east of this property are not in favor of a hog operation claiming there is enough aroma from the Carrol Dairy and feed lots in the area. The big, percentage of the proposed building would be located SEi SEI SEW Sec 29 T7 R64 ( approximately 10 acres) This discription is based on the attached diagram submitted by Triple C Pork Producers Inc. ".e... " ".iWJ" '� Ore 0,fin 601 t ' March 8, 1971 I hereby certify that pursuant to a notice dated February 3, 1971, duly published February 5th and February 26th, 1971, a public hearing was had on a request for a Land Use Permit for a hog operation as requested by Triple "C" Pork Producers c/o Richard Fowler, at the time and place specified in said notice. The evidence presented was taken under advisement to be heard again at a continuance set for March 17, 1971 at 2:00 P. M. ATTEST: C %enueda COUNTY CLE A�RDER CHART RMA N AND CLERK TO THE BOARD BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO 9rX/ GOP NOTICE Pursuant to the zoning laws of the State of Colorado, a public hearing will be held in the office of the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, Weld County Court House, Greeley, Colorado, at the time specified. All persons in any manner interested in the Land Use Permit are requested to attend and may be heard. BE IT ALSO KNOWN that the text and maps so certified by the County Planning Commission may be examined in the offices of the Board of County Commissioners, Weld County Court House, Greeley, Colorado. Docket No. 15 Triple "C" Pork Producers, Inc. c/o Richard A. Fowler 2829 Sheridan Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80214 Date: March _.8, 1971 Time: "_9:00 O'clock A.M. Request: Land Use Permit - Hog Operation A parcel of land located in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE SEiSW¢) of Section Twenty-nine (29) , Township Seven (7) North, Range Sixty-four (64) West of the 6th P. M. , Weld County, Colorado. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO BY: ANN SPOMER COUNTY CLERK AID RECORDER AND CLERK TO THE BOARD Dated: February 3, 1971 Publish: February 5 and 26, 1971 The Greeley Booster � , r I TICEAFFIDAVIT OF PUI 'ATION Pun_ toDthe oning laws of - STATE OF COLORADO, ) the State of Colorado, a public )ss hearing will be held in the office. COUNTY OF WELD. ) of the Board of County Commis- Loren Ar. Walling . sioners of Weld County, .Colorado, Weld County Court House, Greeley, being duly sworn, deposes and says: Colorado, at the time specified. 1. That he is the Owner and Publisher of The Greeley Booster All persons in any manner inter- a weekly newspaper printed and published in the City of Greeley, , ested hi the.Land Use Permit are County of Weld and State of Colorado, which has been admitted requested to attend arid may be to the United States Mails as second class matter under Act of heard. Congress, of March 3, 1879: 2. That the said The Greeley Booster is printed and published :BE IT ALSO KNOWN that the at regular intervals, one time each week, on Friday, and that it text and maps so certified by the has a general circulation in the County of Weld,and elsewhere. County Planning Commission may 3. That the said The Greeley Booster was established and has --- _- be examined in the offices of the been printed and published in said county uninterruptedly and Boat of County Commissioners, continuously during a period of at least fifty-two consecutive weeks Weld County Court House, Gree- next prior to the first issue thereof containing said ley, Colorado. - Notice DOCKET No. 15 a copy of which is hereunto attached. 4. That the said The Greeley Booster is a weekly newspaper Triple "C" Pork Producers, Inc. - of general circulation, and is printed and published in whole or in C /o Richard A. Fowler part in the said County of Weld in which said 2829 Sheridan Blvd., Notice Denver, Colorado 80214 is required by law to be published, a copy of which is hereto at- I DATE: March 8, 1971 tached. 5. That the said The Greeley Booster is a weekly newspaper TIME: 9:00 O'clock A. M. within the meaning of "An Act Concerning Legal Notices, Adver- tisements and Publications and Fees of Printers and Publishers Request: Land Use Permit.— Thereof and to Repeal all Acts and Parts of Acts in Conflict with Hog Operation the Provisions of this Act,"being Chapter 139 of the Session Laws - of Colorado of .1923 as amended by Chapter 113 of the Session A parcel of land located in the Laws of Colorado of 1931,land later amended by Chapters 155 to Southeast Quarter of the South- 156 of the Session Laws of Colorado of 1935. east Quarter of the ,South- 156 of That the said annexed west Quarter (SE% SE%SSW%) Notice of Section Twenty-nine (29), Township Seven (7) North, was published in the regular and entire edition of The Greeley Range Sixty-four (64) West of Booster, a duly qualified weekly newspaper for that purpose,with- the 6th P. M., Weld County, in the terms and meanings of the above named Acts. Colorado. 7. That the said annexed Dated: February 3, 1971. I Notice is a full,true,and correct copy of the original which was regularly THE BOARD OF published in each of the regular and entire issues of said news- COUNTY COMMISSIONERS paper, a legally qualified paper for that purpose, once each week,. - on the_same day of each week, for_........._.._......_._successive weeks WELD COUNTY, COLORADO , by....iW___.__ insertions and that the first publication thereof Feb. 5, 1971 B ANN SPOMER was in the Issue dated ---.._.._---------....---------_—..and y: that�ti�t��ast publics ' w th e dated Feb. 26. 1971 'I 'COUNTY CLERK AND Z.Atli, 'L % RECORDER AND I -- - — Subscribed and sworn to before me this . _—.....______'day CLERK TO THE BOARD II of _.—_—.—_-4., 19..._... I "--1 Published in The Greeley Boos -' - - .ter-February,5, and February 261 _ PROOF-OF PUL JATION - -"" • THE EATON HERALD _ EATON, COLORADO STATE OF COLORADO, , County of Weld, I I, F. E. Kummer, do solemnly swear that I am NOTICE •_ publisher of the Eaton Herald; that the same is a weekly newspaper printed, in whole or in part, Pursuant to the zoning laws of and published in the County of Weld, State of Cob- the State of Colorado, a public . rado, and has a general circulation therein; that hearing will be held in the office said newspaper has been published continuously of the Board of County Commis- and uninterruptedly in said County of Weld for a sioners of Weld County, Colo- period of more than rado, Weld County Court House, fifty-two consecutive weeks next prior to the first publication of the annexed Greeley, Colorado, .at the time n specified.nr All r persons in any legal notice or advertisement; that said newspaper manner interested in the Land ' , has been admitted to the United States mails as Use Permit are requested to at- second-class matter under the provisions of the Act tend and may be heard. of March 3, 1879 or any amendments thereof, and that said newspaper is a weekly newspaper duly BE IT ALSO KNOWN that the qualified for publishing legal notices and advertise- - text and maps so certified by ments within the meaning of the laws of the State the County Planning Commission of Colorado. may be examined in the offices That the annexed legal notice or advertisement of the Board of County Commis- was published in the regular and entire issue of sioners, W el d County Court every number of said weekly newspaper for the House, Greeley, Colorado. period of 1 consecutive insertions; and that DOCKET NO. 15 the first publication of said notice was in the issue of said newspaper dated, Triple "C" Pork Producers, Inc. March 5 A. D., 19.71 c/o Richard A. Fowler 2829 Sheridan Blvd., and that the last publication of said notice was in Denver, Colorado 80214 the issue of said newspaper dated DATE: March 8, 1971 A. D., In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this TIME: 9';00. O'clock A,M. _.19 day of a..: h— ._. A. D., 19._7j Request: Land Use Permit— Hog Operation Publisher Dated: February 3, 1971 Subscribed-and sworn to before me, a notary THE BOARD OF public in and for the County of Weld, State of COUNTY COM IISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Colorado;`this G. day of - _ I By: ANN SPODMER i �//J COUNTY CLERK AM) - A. .. 19../_.J_.... _ _ RECORDER AND + _ c`Tp CLERK TO THE BOARD -GOWN Notary Public maims H:xCo Imisalon oxpiros_May 20,1921 ,My commission expires --.— i • NAME Triple "C" Pork Producers, Inc, FEE SUN 85:71:1 TYPE OF SPECIAL USE Hog operation I , APPLICATION CHECK //;� LEGAL CHECKED • ////417? (. t'v dal SURROUNDING OWNER'S NAMES • //GM w' ,L0, VICINITY MAP PREPARED ' 1/5/71 DH FILE ASSEMBLED i/ /71 DA PLANNING COMMISSION•HEARING DATE SET - 1/5/71 DH OTHER AGENCYS NOTIFIED - Extension office - Health Dept. 1/5/71 Dh FIELD CHECK 7/ 7/7/ cEo STAFF REPORT /217/ ' PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING 1/18/71 DH PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION ///7/7 COUNTY ATTORNEY CHECK OF RESOLUTION & LEGAL DESCRIPTION COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S HEARING DATE SET NOTIFICATION OF SURROUNDING LAND OWNERS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S HEARING COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION _ COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING DATE ///,9/7 / • DECISION (APPROVE- DENIED - TABLED) ' COMMENTS AND ACTION TAKEN ., COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S HEARING DATE :?-71/7/(6(rCtLYi - 3-24-7) DECISION AP�RORED DENIED - TABLED) 5-Zl7--7/ . r COMMENTS AND ACTION TAKEN WELD COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION SERVICES BUILDING GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 DATE /- 'V- 7/ PERMIT NUMBER .1 w P. ' zS NAME Triple "Cu Pnrtr Producers Inc. ADDRESS 2116 20th St. Greeley, Colorado APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT Sa LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY JSE. a of SW a SECTION 29 TONNSHIP 7 N RANGE 6k w • NUMBER OF ACRES 40 REASON To bhi].d and overate a 150 sow, farrowing unit, with future intentions of taking the feeder nips -produced to a market weight of 220# • IF PROPERTY IS OWNED BY SOMEONE ELSE GIVE NAME AND ADDRESS _ Robert E. and Janet L. Carroll Pt Et;7/0/9 SIGNED /(i/�i� G// � • APPLICANT for Tripie,"C" Pork Producers Inc, �� - 67/2- • Date /, ///A/ • RE: Livestock Feeding Operations Special Use Permit The e e 4 j 1 aG .i,Feeding Operation and Expansion (does) (dees=aet) meet with the requirements for a Special Use Permit and the standards of the Colorado Department of • Health , Water Pollution Control Division. Envitiee "':II ...cazs crrcc The Weld County Extension Office recommends that this request El (approved) ( ). . Remarks: Yours truly, • Environmental-Heaatls -Serrieos Extension Office • Special Permit No. -,ly Weld County Heath Department BOARD OF HEALTH M.R. T. PORTER, M.O., GREELEY P. O. BOX 1227 MRS. ROBERT TIGGES. GREELEY NILES S. MILLER. PLATTEVILLE EDGAR M. CLEAVER, M.D. GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 ANDREW GURTNER. GREELEY DIRECTOR BEN REICHERT, GREELEY February 2, 1971 I Burman Lorensen, Director Weld County Planning Commission 1 Services Building, Weld County Court House Greeley, Colorado 80631 Dear Sir, _ In reference to sealing of lagoon for Mr. Richard Fowler Triple-C-Pork farm; North of Galeton, Colorado. I recommend that the lagoon be built according to Mr. Ralph W. Hansen, Extension Agricultural Engineer, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. After visiting with Mr. Hansen in Greeley, January 26, 1971 at the Farm Show, I am convinced that manure will seal the lagoon to protect the under- ground water.! 9e recommend that the site be approved. Sincerely, av-Vatfci Glen E. Paul, Dof Environmental Health Services GP:mg I I it S A. cau4 c 4,_a. t c ©� 4 . UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ' SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE ' { 201T 9th Street yColorado : Greeley, 80631 : . • , January 11, 1971 -Mr. Burman Lorenson, Planning Director Weld County Planning Department ' ' Greeley, Colorado 80631 - . Dear Mr. Lorenson, - Mr. Richard Fowler has asked this office to write- a statement concerning the suitability of the soil in the SD S* Sec. 29, T7N, R64w, Weld Co., . Colorado_for---a_disposal lagoon for a swine feeding operation._ ____ ________ ___ _ The area in which Mr. Fowler plans to build the lagoon has shale and interbedded shale and sandstone between. 12 and 40 inches. This con- dition may cause severe limitations due to 1) difficulty of removal of material, and 2)- cracks and fissures which .might be present in the parent:material, necessitating a blanket of impervious material to be applied tp seal the surface. . -The. soil survey is made on ,the basis of 40 inch borings, 'although in most cases the borings are made to depths o£ 50 to 60 inches. The soil map should be used' for general planning and does not exclude the need for on site investigations for specific engineering purposes. If'I can be of any further assistance, please feel free to call. Sincerely yours----41:7--- �.��A. / James A. Crabb • Soil Scientist • - cc: Dave Sudduth ' ' - �6l 89r�fj�, V >> -T C --, . RECEIPT FOR CERTIFIED MAIL-30f. (plus postage) SEN { - ':•f' POSTMARK CO OR DATE ' L - STREET D ND. , ' ' - ' •" 1p3( Q EJ 10 ' '� - P.D.;STATE AND.ZIP'CODE 1 . . ) - ((IC i , in; OPTIONAL SERVICES FOR ADDITIONAL FEES ' ' • "RETURN t.'Shows to whom and date delivered -15C I )V C( With delivery to addressee only 65d :, SERVICES.:' 2.' Shows to whom,date and where delivered 350 vir RECEIPT With-delivery to addressee only' 850 1(A'EC O' ' ' DELIVER TO•ADORESSEE ONLY - - 50d "'• GtC22 SPECIAL DELIVERY (2 pounds or,less) 45C ,. POD Form 3800... NO INSURANCE: COVERAGE PROVIDED July 1969 " ;- (O: Ig700.3yer 45e F NOT FOR INTERNATIONAL MAIL ecPo: ievo o.3aysee • I RECEIPT FOR CERTIFIED MAIL-30¢ (plus postage) i, `SENT TO . I • i ' 1 ' a /O' POSTMARK (/�� OR DATE , STREET IND N use^ •;.., ' ,.k.0 10 cc-TIP O„ STA E ANDIZIP CODE ) cii ' L"v - .all e2 OO :OPTIONAL SERVICES FOR ADDITIONAL FEES ' RETURN 1. Shows to whom and date delivered 150 • 'ri, -•P00 0( �!< RECEIPTWith delivery to addressee only............690 SERVICES ' 2.. Shows to whom,.date and where deliveretl 350, _ _ —With delive nto addressee only... •'/..•85C' •• atm:6 O DELIVER TO ADDRESSEE ONLY '^ ; _ _ . 'Z ,SPECIAL DELIVESY,(2,pounds or less) +450 . r" f,LG2a POD Form 3800. 45C, . laly'1969 , I ' NO INSURANCE;COVERAGE,•PROVINED- r, (Set other side) NOT-FOR INTERNATIONAL MAIL OGPO, re7eo.aer.eee RECEIPT FOR CERTIFIED MAIL-30¢ (plus postage) S0 ' ' - POSTMARK CO • 7. - p _ _ Q4` OR DATE EET AND Nll.// �G`P7"6/ pp 1 Ir�( _ff2-4- P.O.;ST ND ZIP CODE 4 );n,.• Oj Tpe �jf� . . .;1.022 Ott OPTIONA ER 110ES'FOR ADDITIONAL FEES ' - . '— - RETURN t. ows to whom and date delivered .. ' 150 pail 0{ RECEIPT With delivery to addressee only 650 2. Shows to whom,date and where delivered 350 SERVICES- ' I'• - With'delivery to addressee only 850 E5l':C6 .. 'd ' DELIVER TO ADDRESSEE ONLY ' 500 Iq'h02e tan CLi1P_ ..SPECIAL DELIVERY„(2,poands or less) 450, ., POD Form 3800 NO(INSURANCE;COVERAGE.PROVIDED— • '-1�• July-1969 - "LT 1L C.(Sea;other side) NOT FOR INTERNATIONAL MAIL eono: 1070 0.39).158 ; PLEASE FURNISH SERVICE(S) INDICATED BY CHECKED BLOCK(S). REQUIRED FEE(S) PAID. ❑ Show to whom, date and address Deliver ONLY where delivered ❑ to addressee RECEIPT Received the numbered article described below. REGISTERED NO. SIGNATU OR NAME OF ADDRESSEE(Must always be filled in) CERTIFIED Na. 1 �..��--� `1J 1 „c 7/0 �� 2, SIGNATURE OF ADDRESSEE'S AGENT,IF ANY INSURED NO. DATE DELIVERED SHOW WHERE DELIVERED(only if requested) n 1 8.. 111 / oa6-16--71648-11 847-198 GPO / - - PLEASE FURNISH SERVICE(S)INDICATED BY CHECKED BLOCK(S). REQUIRED FEE(S) PAID. ❑ Show to whom, date and address ' ^ Deliver ONLY where delivered I I to addressee RECEIPT Received the numbered article described below. REGISTERED NO. SIGNATURE OR NAME OF ADDRESSEE(Must al¢;ays be filled in) CERTIFIED.NO. O ti- r 7� 6 7 SIGNATURE OF DRESSEE'S AGENT,IF ANY e • INSURED N0. DATE DELIVERED SHOW W R VERED(only if requested) -<1 FE ; f '0) a66-18-71618-11 847-108 GPO r PLEASE FURNISH SERVIC,E(S) INDICATED BY CHECKED BLOCK(S). REQUIRED FEE(S) PAID. Show to whom, date and address rm Deliver ONLY I l where delivered' l 1 to addressee RECEIPT Received the numbered article described below. REGISTERED NO. SIGNATURE OR NAME OF ADDRESSEE(Must alway{be filled in) FIRST NATIONAL BANK, GRgELEY, COW. CERTIFIED NO. . 1 I o5-° 2 SIGNATURE OF ADDRESSEE'S AGENT,IF ANY INSURED N0. ice/» DATE DELIVERED SHOW WHERE DELIVERED(only if re t seed) 96B9mi9 jj/C a66-18-71848-11 847-188 GPO , RECEIPT FOR CERTIFIED MAIL-301;4 (plus postage) i SPOSTMARK --- 7� "` OR DATE f`J� ��/'"L/� ..ten—: s - J`'^�i�� :c 'i1 . J '4 [PEI , LS? STREET AND.NO, yIS�': '.11n, 't ' r= 1 . ' IN 10 4� ''P.O., STATE AND ZIP CODE'•d t.c J 11l'- /J d ' i?' 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'Shows-to-whom and date delivered ° 150 RETURN • _With delivery-to addressee only 650 RECEIPT I - 2.� Shuws.ta whom,.date and where delivered 35d- ,;-1AIC6 - SERVICES '•; • -With.delivery.to.addressee.only' -'- 55dd , , $1022 DELIVER TO.ADDRESSEE ONLY . . 450 , .. ,, ,s ` SPECIAL DELIVERY,(2 pounds or less) .._......., ,`11 .( Sully Form 38 00-t; y,N�`NOT FORC INTERNA IONAL" MAIL a e�GPO: 119700.307.41) I '1 PLEASE FURNISH SERVICE(S) INDICATED BY CHECKED BLOCK(S). REQUIRED FEE(S) PAID. Deliver ONLY Show to wham, date and address n D D addressee where delivered RECEIPT Received the numbered article described below. SIGNATURE OR NAME OF ADDRESSEE(Must always be fills/in) REGISTERED N0. CERTIFIED N0. 1 ` a CJ SIGNATURE OF ADDRESSE IS AGENT,IF ANY Q INSURED NO. DATE DELIVERED SHOW WHERE DELIVERED(only if requested) 3 7/ o55-18-71618-11 847-108 GPO �f3 PLEASE FURNISH SERVICE(S) FEE(S)INDICATEPABY IY.CHECKED BLOCK(S). REQUIRED Deliver ONLY Show tD whom, date and address ❑ to addressee i ❑ where delivered RECEIPT Received the numbered article described below. REGISTERED ND. SIGNATURE OR NAME OF ADDRESSEE( e always be filled in) 1 �% aQI1 ! C CERTIFIED NO. SIGNATURE OF ADDRESSEE'S'ENT,IF ANY 1114 2 INSURED NO. ' DATE DELIVERED SHOW WHERE DELIVERED. only if requested) d I c55-1G-71548-II 347-105 GPO c COLORADO COUNTY 0 WELD s5. /✓'(--, ' l-• Clerk of the board 60b9 of Cuu ty Comm:ssio,a MAR 12 1971 COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER Deputy March 11, 1971 q •e ,ye& TO: Weld County ,Commissioners Greeley;. Colorado - STJBJECTiYObjection to Hog Farm installation proposed 1 mile north and My f mile east of Galeton, Colorado amil _ and I own the_Southeast N. - My y Quarter of Section 30;,-Township 7 N., Range 64 W. Of 6th P.M. and the Northwest quaiter of Section-324 4-Township•M 7 N., Range 64 W. of the 6th.P.M. These two farms are adjacent to the _ proposed site, for a 40 acre Hog Farm involving up to 1800 animals at one time. • We respectfully object to the proposed Hog installation for the following reasons: , 1. A pollution condition already. exists in the area. The stream that flows through our property and through the property north of us is already :polluted to the extent that livestock can no longer drink from it. This pollution 'can only be increased by the addition of 1800 more animals on the drainage area leading to the stream. • 2. It is :our belief that concentrations of large numbers of animals should not be located in drainage areas, especially where flowing streams are present. - • Very truly yours, Thomas R. Wilson P.O. Box 205 • Fort Collins, 'Colorado 80521 • Cat/ - a4/0(.s • - TOWN OF PIERCE POST OFFICE Box 57 PIERCE,.COLORADO - eo850 BENJAMIN P. GALLATIN, MAYOR March 15, 1971 -TRUSTEES LEONARD JENSEN. MAYOR PRO TEM - WILLIE ARCHIBEQUE • THOMAS H. BAKER. TREASURER . THOMAS H. BAKER ' • WAYNE GUNTER FERN E. SHARPE, CLERK ROY I. HAWKINS TOWN HALL TELEPHONE, 834-285.1 LEONARD.JENSEN - MONTRIE KINNISON Mr. Harold lair • Galeton, Colorado To Whom It May Concern: In response to your incuiry concerning the nearby hog farm, Pierce, Colorado, it is our general opinion that the Weld County Commissioners and the Planning Committee should allow the corporated and unincorporated towns situated with ' in the Countylan ample radius around the municipalities for growth develop— ment of same and should not be hampered by commercial feed operations. • The citizens of Pierce have found the odor to. be obnoxious, especially when the wind is out of, the northwest. Contrary to the many assurances that there would be no such odor, either the type of feed so called preventive to odor is not used bY, all operators or that the stipulation is misleading. 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I a - N / , PETITION SUPPORTING SPECIAL USE PERMIT . ... 7 . • Board of.County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado . - Court House Greeley, Colorado Gentlemen: We, the undersigned owners of property located within' 500- of the property described in the application submitted byT ipl&. -"-Cn Pork Producf,rhereby - Inc. petition you to grant this request for •Commercial Hog Farm •. use. Si na a Mailing 'Address Description' of_ Property i S . 11. if • Ice- 1 4 .. . . . -EkroN - 1-rJ• -r.... . .7 hr14 SUP # 85 Triple "C" Pork Producers, Inc. Adjacent Property Owners Fred L. McCrory P.0.Box 536 Greeley • Mary Wilson Amnon Thomas Wilson James, John and Robert Milne J. D. Wilson Trust • c/o First National Bank Trustee Greeley , Fred and Clara Heinze Rt. 1, Box 108 Eaton 80615 Robert and Janet Carroll 920 S. Western Ave. • Anaheim, Cali£. 92804 • I • -__. .. -_ - -R T ,c • Well/ BOARD OF HEALTH u e`a ounty ea�t�i department R. T. PORTER, M.D., GREELEY P. 0. BOX 1227 MRS. ROBERT TIGGES, GREELEY GREELEY, COLORADO 80631 NILES G. MILLER. PLATTEVILLE EDGAR M. CLEAVER, M.D. ANDREW GURTNER. GREELEY DIRECTOR I BEN REICHERT, GREELEY January 7, 1971 1 Weld• County Planning Commission Weld County Court House Greeley, Colorado 80631 Dear Sirs, The Triple "C11 Pork Producers Inc. have indicated that soil tests will be made on the soil at the proposed lagoon site. The Weld County Health Department can not make any recommendations for the constructioniof a lagoon until the soil test results have been reviewed. • Yours truly, Glen E. Paul, Director of Gayle Orman, S nitarian Environmental Health Services GN:mg (-1)- a /2.9 O C o "O y \ d • - V C • U O s art a OOPERATIVE EXTENSION coloredo state.university SERVICE-._.:,' .. FORT COLLINS 1 COLORADO 80521 - • January 25, 1971 Mr. Richard Fowler 2829 Sheridan Boulevard Denver, Colorado 80214 Dear Mr. Fowler: In answer to your request for information on the sealing of lagoons, I have the following suggestions to offer. Normally the sediment which will occur naturally from the waste placed in the lagoon will provide adequate sealing. For example, the results from a recent test made at a site in California show that sandy soil initially had an infiltration rate of two inches per hour with clear water. After the second filling with waste water from a dairy barn, the infiltration rate had dropped to 0.07 inch per hour average on a 48-hour test. I think this is good evidence that the sediment materials in the lagoon will very quickly re- duce the seepage to a point where it is not of concern. If there are special problems connected with the site in which you will be locating your lagoon, such as a rocky underlayment with fissures present that will serve as drainage ways, or if it is an extremely open type of soil, there are several possibilities for sealing it. The simpliest would be to incorporate approximately 20% manure into this fill material and then compact it. Sodium carbonate mixed with clay soil or bentonite clay have also been found to be good waterproofing materials. The Soil Conservation Service could probably give you suggestions on how these materials have been used for waterproofing irrigation storage reservoirs. A continuous plastic membrane will also furnish a good seal. If plastic is used; the excavation should be made, a continuous plastic membrane put in place, and then it should be covered with a few inches of soil to provide mechanical protection as well as protection from sunlight. I believe this about covers the less expensive methods of sealing a lagoon. If you have further questions I can be of assistance in answering, please advise. Very truly yours, ; /Zig 44.4.4t...e.„___ Ralph W. Hansen Extension Agricultural Engineer RWH/skb cos&4,4 (Ret COLORADOSTATEUNNERSRY CENTENNIALYEAR 1970 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY AND U.S.DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COOPERATING I, I • • • I 1 • • • I ( , . _ _ ., _2 , t .. 1-) ® '1 :j� / ,r Anerobic Manure Lagoons, .---; I ' , ' - / ' f 9 AG- DC LT URAL EtJGINEERS' DIGEST , • Biological decomposi-ion that takes place in a EXAMPLE... . '_ lagoon will further liquefy swine,poultry, and cattle.' : ', ' A farmer wishes -to build a lagoon that can manure. I • - handle the wastes from 100 market hogs. Lagoons are not always successful. They some- Water volume,required =Volume per pound x times release objectionable odors, eventually fill . Max no. of animals - x 'with sludge,sometimes do not decompose the manure. ' ' Max animal weight adequately, and may pollute surface and under-. - 2 cu ft x 100 hogs x 200 lbs = 40,000 cu ft ' ground water. ` A lagoon size of 50' by 70' and 12' deep will pro- HOW A LAGOON FUNCTIONS vide the minimum water volume. A lagoon is a body ofilwater in which three types - , of bacteria—aerobic, anaerobic, and facultative— . LOCATION - decompose ,wastes. Aerobic bacteria require free . Locate' a lagoon as far from the farm home as • oxygen, anaerobic bacteria are inhibited by free i practical, and where the prevailing breezes will • oxygen, and facultative'bacteria can grow with or, carry any odors away from the house.At the same without free oxygen. • time, consider your neighbors. Court action to stop - Aerobic bacteria decompose wastes more corn-, the production of objectionable odors is undesirable. pletely than either anaerobic or facultative bac- To some people, odors from a lagoon may be ob- - teria. Municipal lagoons I are usually aerobic. How- a jectionable at distances of '/2 mile and detectable ' ` ever, a livestock lagoon that uses wily aerobic at distances of.1 mile or more. bacteria is generally impractical due to the large Locate a lagoon adjacent to or near the source , ' surface area that is required and the extra water of wastes; If the lagoon is downhill from the source, that must be added to maintain a water depth -. - gravity will carry the wastes to it. - of 3'. Locate the lagoon over impervious soils.Although L " Anaerobic lagoons are the most common type some research indicates a animal manure serves used for livestock. This "type of lagoon will handle as a sealant, other results indicate that water and . more manure but will usually give off some septic . soluble materials will be lost through'sandy loam ' odors.. Unless the recommended water volume is - soils even after several years of operation. Soil maintained,very objectionable odors may occur,and Conservation and Agricultural Extension Service sludge will have to be 'removed more frequently. personnel can help you determine the type of soil For household waste lagoons, contact your state l you have. health authorities andfollowtheirrecommendations. Sandy soil, and soil less than 50' deep over lime- - Dairymen should consult a dairy plant represen- , stone, are poor soils on which to build a lagoon. • tative or milk sanitarian before constructing a la- In mixed sand, silt, and clay soils, construct the goon. lagoon at least 150' and downhill -from a well. If LAGOON SIZE - the lagoon must be built near a locally recharged shallow well, the bottom of the well should be A lagoon must be large enough to provide suf- higher than the top of the lagoon. ficient water in which the bacteria can decompose A lagoon should be more or less square. It manure. should be at least 5' deep with the bank of the The wastes from different kinds of livestock re- ' , lagoon 2'-3' higher than the maximum level of the quire different quantities of water. The minimum , water. See Drawing A. Limit width of the lagoon volume to .provide for each pound of livestock is to about 50' to permit dragline' or suction pump listed in the following table. The required lagoon - sludge removal. - , volume equals the number given in the table,times A sodded spillway is needed in the bank to the number of animals, times the maximum weight , handle excess overflow in the spring and after a of each animal. , heavy rain. The spillway should be about 1' above In addition, swine wastes will cause sludge ac- , the desired water level and 1'-2' below the top cumulation in a lagoon at a rate of about 12 cu of the bank. See Drawing E. ft per year per animal. • Locate a diversion terrace uphill from the lagoon Table 1.Water Volume Of Anaerobic Lagoons to divert surface runoff around the lagoon. Livestock Volume for each pound of livestock • Seed the bank with low-growing spreading grasses . • - �Y , ' and keep it mowed. Install a fence to keep out Poultry 3 cuolc feet ' • animals, children, and trespassers. Post warning Swine 2 - Cattle' 1 signs;keep gate locked, , r - .: , .. . ' i ©I969 Mldweel Plan Service,Ames,lawn• - 1 VI. I I 4 . . - • { hi I' ' ` fl, - 4 ; I I . - . ix II , • I • l • if I' • I I \ Fence— ' 8 5' M l Drive l� Direct loading into a Floor IFeed 18" Min Dept 3 3 lagoon is practical in ; L Diversion Terrace mild climates. 6" .. .i DRAWING A `. 6' Depth _,., • a 18" s: '' r Cleanout 6"-8" Sewer Pipe With r. - ' 6 A`v DRAWING D Driven or Masonry Joints ' • - - '� 0 ' ' Slope 1 /501s �� ''� i ' • y f a \Below Frost DepthcQ. ,� \,1 ' ' DRAWING BI Spillway Elevation • • 6"-8" Sewer Pipe With ' ' rl' to 2' Freeboard T° Secondary Slope 1/50' Driven • or Masonry Joints t Treatment • Trickle Tuber �o , 5 .Min. 1� 1'to 2' Flapgate , i Fence • I Supports • DRAWING C DRAWING E ' INLETS 1 1' A trickle tube will handle normal overflow. See Drawing E. During spring thaws, during and after An above-the-surface inlet works well for most a heavy rain, and when wastes are dumped on top lagoons. See Drawing C.:Liquids may freeze in the of ice, the trickle tube may not handle the over- pipe in the winter and solids may clog the pipe flow. The spillway will then be used as an overflow. in the summer. To help prevent this, provide a The spillway should also empty into the secondary tight stopper or valve at the building, and drain waste treatment system. • j� gutters or collection pits at least twice a month. 1 The inlet pipe should be well supported and MANAGING A LAGOON should extend to near the center of the lagoon. ,• A new lagoon should be filled with surface or Rodent entry is discouraged if the inlet is 2' above roof runoff, or with well water. Manure should be the waterline. ' . ‘ , - added to the lagoon gradually. It is best to start A below-surface inlet requires some water pres- - this loading in the summer months to provide the sure to work well. See Drawing B. The inlet line best climate for bacterial action to begin. After the may plug near the water level within the pipe, lagoon is full, divert surface water away to prevent especially with trickle loading. This inlet works best or minimize overflow. with full-pipe flow, as when emptying a full storage The volume of a lagoon should be kept at the gutter. designed water quantity. See Lagoon Size. Provide access to the sewer line so it may be A lagoon functions best if manure is added daily. rodded and cleaned. Place a cleanout in the line This may be impractical due to the way the live every 200'. Locate the inlet near the center of the stock facility is most efficiently managed. If the lagoon. daily loading is impractical, load as often as pos- Open concrete trenches may be used as inlets. sible. Large, unevenly spaced loadings may cause They should be about 6" wide. These trenches can a lagoon to malfunction. be easily cleaned; but freezing may be a problem. The manure must not contain bedding. Bedding • I causes clogging, is slow to decompose, and will OUTLETS cause excessive sludge accumultation. When a lagoon is full, the addition of new wastes Sludge accumulation will have to be removed will cause some liquid to overflow. In the typical ' - when it causes the lagoon to be inefficient or to • livestock lagoon, the overflow is not completely malfunction. Apply sludge to land, avoiding runoff; , decomposed and may be a health hazard. plowing under is recommended. To avoid pollution, all overflow from an anaer- A lagoon may freeze solid in very cold weather. obic lagoon should go into an aerobic lagoon or If this is likely to happen, do not use direct loading other secondary waste treatment system for further 'c, (Drawing D)unless there is,sufficient storage capac- decomposition. Check with state health officials ity above ice level. concerning overflows from aerobic and anaerobic If an above-the-surface inlet is used, increase '\.' lagoons. I the height of the inlet to leave room on top of the It is preferable .to have all overflow go into a ice for the manure that must, be emptied during shallow pond at spaced time intervals. This allows _ the winter. An alternative is to provide a separate time for the overflow to,be absorbed into the soil. storage for the manure until the lagoon is open. AED-1 Dec'63 Rcvlzed .IJ.ay'66 , Revised Aug '69 ..Try_.___ I . - }, F ti i I , { la I I . P' TOTAL STOCK PEN AND. CAPACITY Sows - 10'' pen,s - '241'' x '661 15 sows each. Only feed area is paved. Boars: - 4 pens 12! x- 661 -• 1 boar each. Only feed :area',is paved, .", Farrowing, .30 crates. - 1001 x 30'1.•, building. 1 sow/crate, All concrete floors. Nursery, 12 pens - 361 x 261 ,building. 25 pigs/pen, All concrete floors. Finishing, 34 pens, 2721 x' 241. 'building. 15 `pigs/pen. All concrete floors. (Tuo such buildings ) This is in the future. 9- , ) 1% 570% �� 2-97-7 ife7 6oLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH • G J -41- 7/ Water Pollution Contirol Division 4210 tan 11th Avenue Denver, Colorado 80220 • Wastes Inventory DATE: /-• Livestock Feeding Operations COUNTY: . Weld Company Name b Address Triple "C" Pork Producers Inc. 2116 20th Street, Greeley, Colorado Type of Operation: Feedlot Dairy Farm • Other i Stockyard Hog Farm ' X Average Stock Population (Give daily and .monthly changes .if any) 150 sows; boars 508 pigs from birth to 30# at all times; Intentions to have 1016 pigs from .30#.to 220# in the future; Total Stock Pen Area and Capacity Next page Are Stock Pens Paved? Sows & boars on dirt; Farrowing. nursery, & future finishing on concrete .. Method and Frequency of Disposal of Manure All barn pits to empty into central manure lagoon monthly. When finishing unit is added, an additional lagoon will be added to capacity. Lagoons to be bumped and spread as needed. Does Method Control Fly Breeding? Yes ' Is Rodent Control Practiced? Yes . .Treatment and Disposal of Stock Pen .Drainage A lagoon .-u-stem is to be used ' The tie of lagoon -rill ' denend imon the soil tests or thi s pronerty All wnstn material will he pumped and spread _ (T have rnnenited with Glen Paul, ' I Stream or Water Body Receiving Drainage (Name, Distance, and Direction) OfrOctlitai Drain along the west boundary. Flows south; name not known How. is Area Zoned? ?Agriculture Distance b Direction from Nearest Community Approx. 11/2 miles northeast of Galeton. Method of Dead Animal Disposal Tallow Works Prepared by: / 4 e,L1� �� ti for Triple 1Cn Pork Producers Inc. WP-12 (9-67-4) • Hello