The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has notified the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources of the agency’s plans to review a water quality protection permit for a large-scale hog farm planned near Lake Superior.
Iowa-based Reicks View Farms submitted an application to the state for a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit this winter. Reicks subsidiary Badgerwood, LLC is proposing to build a large-scale farm of 26,350 hogs in the town of Eileen in Bayfield County.
In a statement provided by EPA spokesman Pete Cassell, the agency writes, "Due to the size and location of the proposed Badgerwood facility as well as the concerns raised by Wisconsin tribes, EPA plans to review the draft (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permit for this project."
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