PUBLIC NOTICE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT NPDES CAFO GENERAL PERMIT APPLICATION - KOSCIUSKO COUNTY Farm ID #: 3728 Applicant: Sam Beer Farm Location: Sam Beer Farms, Inc. Farm City: Milford Farm Location: Section 19, Township 34N, Range 6 The above-named applicant submitted a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) general permit application to be the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). The NPDES CAFO general permit application, a Notice of Intent (NOI), is to construct an additional confinement barn and operate a swine operation confining a total of 1,060 nursery pigs and 3,500 finish hogs, if construction is performed. The NPDES CAFO general permit NOI was submitted to comply with IC 13-18-10, 327 IAC 16, and 327 IAC 15-15. In accordance with 327 lAC 15-15-5 and 327 lAC 15-15-8, this notice requests written comments be submitted to IDEM on the eligibility of the owner or operator submitting the NOI for a general permit. An electronic copy of the application can be made available and an IDEM staff person is available to discuss the contents of the application with any interested party, by either telephone at (317) 234-1623, (800) 451-6027, extension 4-1623, or by a visit to the office. Written comments should be addressed to: Daniel J. Bruggen IDEM-OLQ Confined Feeding Permits Section 100 North Senate Avenue MC 65-45, IGCN 1154 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2251 j5
