An appeal of the operating permit granted to the Ozbun Farms poultry CAFO, located within a mile of Roaring River State Park, has been filed with Missouri’s Administrative Hearing Commission.
A hearing on an appeal on the construction permit for the confined-animal feeding operation is set for Jan. 7.
The commission on Thursday decided to open a separate and new case on the operating permit for the 65,600-chicken CAFO after a motion was filed for a stay on the operating permit by a property owner who lives near the farm in Barry County.
The commission will hear testimony on whether a stay of the operating permit will be granted or denied during a hearing Wednesday in Jefferson City.
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources, which issued both the construction and operating permit for the Ozbun CAFO, has been criticized by local residents, and by environmental and state parks’ organizations in Missouri, for permitting the CAFO near a state park.
