"Both Divisions of Oil and Gas and DEQ like to 'work with offenders,' whether this means no penalties for brine spills or violations of the nutrient management plan by having too many animals. Both have bad consequences for water pollution," writes Madeline Luke.
BY Nebraska Extension | January 19, 2021
An upcoming Nebraska Extension webinar will examine recent livestock facility nuisance litigation and look at a tool from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for assessing the odor footprints of these facilities.
The webinar will be presented on Jan. 21, from noon to 1 p.m., by Dave Aiken, professor and agricultural law and water law
specialist in the university’s Department of Agricultural Economics.
In its recent decision in the case of Egan v. County of Lancaster, the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the rulings of lower courts that a county zoning permit for three poultry barns was justified, in part, because neighbors of the facility would be “free of odor 94% of the time.” The webinar will explore this decision and the potential role of the Odor Footprint Tool in future livestock nuisance litigation.