NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE APPROVAL FOR
MAJOR MODIFICATION
Department of Environmental Quality
Water Quality Division
Lincoln, Nebraska
Pursuant to the Neb. Rev. Stat. 54-2425 (4) as amended, the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (Department) is issuing notice to provide an opportunity for any interested person to submit written comments on the major modification request for the following animal feeding operation.
This Public Notice period will be from March 9, 2006, through April 8, 2006. Comments made should pertain to issues for which the Department has authority under the Livestock Waste Management Act (Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 54-2416 through 54-2435).
Dixon County Feedyard Company
58351 Highway 20
Allen, NE 68710
The livestock waste control facility (LWCF) is located in Section 20 and the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, all in Township 29N, Range 5 East, Dixon County, Nebraska. The proposed major modification to the previously issued Construction Permit is construction of two new holding ponds, three lift stations, a diversion, three new settling basins and a reconstructed settling basin. The application as submitted is for a maximum of 30,000 feeder cattle. The LWCF includes two double-celled holding ponds, two single-cell holding ponds, four settling basins, three lift stations and a diversion.
The Department has reviewed the application to ensure compliance with the Livestock Waste Management Act and Title 130 – Livestock Waste Control Regulations. The Department intends to issue approval of the proposed major modification. Upon completion of review of any written comments, NDEQ will make a decision on the modification and respond to comments.
The application and other public information is available for review and copying between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (CT), weekdays at the Department's Office, Suite 400, The Atrium, 1200 N Street, Lincoln, Nebraska, telephone (402) 471-2186. Please notify the Department if alternate formats of materials are needed. TDD users please call 711 and ask the relay operator to call us at (402) 471-2186. Please include the above name and legal description of the animal feeding operation.
All comments should be sent to Dennis Heitmann, Agriculture Section, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 98922, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-8922. |