The proposed bill would require the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to conduct onsite inspections of every concentrated animal feeding operation at least once every year.
CAFOs can provide a low-cost source of meat, milk and eggs, but can also negatively affect water sources and air quality.
IDEM’s Office of Land Quality inspects CAFOs during the first six months after they have been populated, during a change of regulatory status and after a transfer of ownership. IDEM said visits to CAFOs are “conducted as needed depending on issues identified.”
The bill has been proposed in the Legislature in the past, but did not get beyond the Senate Committee on Environmental Affairs during the 2020 legislative session.
The company whose plans to construct a municipal waste recycling plant in Gary stirred controversy in 2018 plans to begin construction in the spring, its leader said.
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Sunday s break on South Walnut Street led to a boil advisory until Tuesday morning.
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A water main on S. Walnut St. in Bloomington prompted a boil advisory Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Author: WTHR.com staff Updated: 5:47 AM EST January 18, 2021
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Bloomington Utilities issued a precautionary water boil advisory until Tuesday morning for businesses in the area of South Walnut Street, near East Miller Drive.
A water main broke Sunday, forcing emergency repair, and water service was shut off for 27 addresses, according to CBU. Those customers, including McDonald s, Starbucks and the Monroe Community Schools building on North Drive, are now under the boil advisory until 9 a.m. Tuesday Jan. 19.