BERLIN – An administrative law judge has ruled to reverse a permit for a poultry operation outside Berlin in response to a challenge from environmental groups.
Last week, David Hofstetter, an administrative law judge of the Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings, proposed that the Maryland Department of the Environment’s approval of permit for a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) on Purnell Crossing Road be reversed. The permit, which was granted by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) had been challenged by Assateague Coastal Trust (ACT), the Environmental Action Center (EAC) and Paul and Mary Lou Bishop of Berlin.
The CAFO, which is currently under construction, will now have to be issued a new permit before it can begin operation.
“We were very pleased with the decision,” Mary Lou Bishop said. “Allowing industrial sized operations to cut corners hurts the community and especially local small independent farmers who often are held to a higher standard. We realize this CAFO will still continue operation but now, with more adequate water quality protections in place, our little community can be assured the letter of the law is to be followed.”
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4 comments:
Yet the town of Berlin can still get away with what they are doing on Five Mile Branch road and that site sits right on the Pocomoke river.
It is about time MDE is responsible for their actions. We found it odd that the same person at MDE who approves the plans for the sites is the same person who creates the plans. Isn’t that like the old fox watching the hen house routine. Just more (Maryland) good ole boy crap Good job judge. They should have to stop construction also
“We were very pleased with the decision,” Mary Lou Bishop said. “Allowing industrial sized operations to cut corners hurts the community and especially local small independent farmers who often are held to a higher standard.
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That's how they fool the citizens by making them think they support the farmers, but they don't. Small farmers do not have higher standards to uphold. They are full of crap.
Kathy Phillips, executive director of ACT, said this was her organization’s first victory in “challenging a flawed CAFO permit.”
Kathy Phillips is a liberal piece of sh!t who needs to be stopped. I don't agree with these foreign Muslims building chicken houses in our country, but she needs to mind her own damn business.
The Bishop's across the street should have just started a small pig farm.
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