Livestock Siting

Technical Expert Committee

The technical expert committee is comprised of public and private sector experts knowledgeable in the areas of permitting livestock operations, odors, nutrient management, runoff management, agricultural engineering, land use planning and public health.

The committee was convened to evaluate if the current requirements of the siting standards provide for responsible growth of an operation while correctly balancing environmental and other considerations such as public health and safety. The committee will developed recommendations to clarify how the standards can address the lessons learned over the past four years while continuing to meet the objectives of the siting law. The recommendations were transmitted to the DATCP Secretary on Dec. 21, 2010 and will be provided to the Board of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

This committee is part of DATCP’s four year review of the rule which began with four listening sessions and the department’s presentation of an evaluation report to the DATCP Board. The scope of this committee was limited to assessing if the existing livestock facility siting standards appropriately address changing manure and odor management technologies and practices. The committee did not evaluate broader policy areas such as the social acceptance of large livestock farms, animal husbandry practices, or other related issues.

Documents

Final Committee Report

Meeting ground rules and committee structure

Committee Notebook (132 page PDF)

Committee Charge/Assignment (5 page PDF)

Siting Overview PowerPoint (61 page PDF)

July 21 Full Committee (Agenda)(Meeting Notes)
Aug. 24 Odor Subcommittee, DATCP Madison (Agenda) (Meeting Notes)
Aug. 31 Engineering Subcommittee, Appleton Tech Center (Agenda) (Meeting Notes)
Sept. 8 Nutrient Management Subcommittee (Agenda) (Meeting Notes)
Sept. 14 Odor Subcommittee (Agenda) (Meeting Notes)
Sept. 14 Engineering Subcommittee (Agenda) (Meeting Notes)
Sept. 29 Nutrient Management Subcommittee (Agenda)(Meeting Notes)
Sept. 30 Odor Subcommittee (Agenda) (Meeting Notes)
Oct. 12 Engineering Subcommittee, DATCP Madison (Agenda) (Meeting Notes)
Oct. 13 Nutrient Management Subcommittee, DATCP Madison (Agenda) (Meeting Notes)
Oct. 19 Joint Odor and Engineering Subcommittees, DATCP Madison (Agenda)
Oct. 26 Odor Subcommittee, DATCP Madison (Agenda) (Meeting Notes)
Nov. 11 Full Committee, DATCP Madison (Agenda) (Meeting Notes)
Dec. 16 Full Committee, DATCP Madison (Agenda) (Meeting Notes) (Draft Report 12-16-10)
Dec. 21 Final Committee Report transmitted

Members

• Richard Castelnuovo, Committee Co-Chair, Chief, Resource Planning Section, Division of Agricultural Resource Management, DATCP

• Ed Odgers, Committee Co-Chair, Chief, Conservation Engineering Section, Division of Agricultural Resource Management, DATCP

• Tom Bauman, Agricultural Runoff Management Coordinator, Bureau of Watershed Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

• Dave Buss, Nutrient Management Consultant, NuSOLUTIONS Agronomy

• Patricia Cicero, Resource Management Specialist, Jefferson County Land and Water Conservation Department

• Jeff Endres, Dairy Farmer, Town of Springfield Plan Commission Member, Dane County

• Dennis Frame, Co-Director, University of Wisconsin Discovery Farms Program

• Jerry Halverson, Department Director, Manitowoc County Soil and Water Conservation Department

• Brian Holmes, Professor, Biological Systems Engineering Department, UW-Madison

• Carrie A.M. Laboski, Associate Professor, Soils Science Department, UW-Madison

• Pat Murphy, State Resource Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service

• Charles McGinley, P.E., Technical Director, St. Croix Sensory & Associates

• Dean Perlick, Manager, Dodge County Planning & Economic Development Department

• John M. Roach, P.E., Roach & Associates

• Robert L. Thiboldeaux, Toxicologist, Wisconsin Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health, Department of Health and Family Services

• Jeffrey Voltz, Agricultural Sector Specialist, Bureau of Cooperative Environmental Assistance, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

• Richard Wagner, Dairy Farmer, Weyauwega

Advisors

• Andrew Craig, Nutrient Management Specialist, Bureau of Watershed Management, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

• Larry Jacobson, Professor and Extension Engineer, University of Minnesota, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

• John Ramsden, State Conservation Engineer, Natural Resources Conservation Services