Ozbun's 65,600 chicken CAFO ON HOLD

The Kansas City Star reports that on July 25, the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission issued a stay, requested by project opponents, based on an initial determination that a waiver for setbacks, obtained by Ozbuns from a neighbor, was not valid. The commission set another hearing for January 7-11, 2008. The construction delay could threaten owner Michelle Ozbun’s $1 million financing loan, and failure to obtain a properly signed waiver from the neighbor might prompt the Department of Natural Resources to reconsider issuing the permit, Missouri Administrative Hearing Commissioner John Kopp said.