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âThey would get the most benefit out of it, and they could have it in, the smell would be gone, and it would satisfy everybody,â he said. âThatâs something I think that should be put in the regulations.â
Although the board didnât approve these changes, it did approve Armstrongâs request to make the distance requirements the same for residences and wells.
Missel said the board wanted to take everyoneâs input on the regulations, including those who use the biosolids, and believed the bigger issue was its storage and how it was mishandled.
âI hope that these regulations at least move us in a direction to address that, and I think itâs a start at a minimum, and I would remind you as well that this is an amendment that could be done again and anything could be changed going forward,â he said. âSo are we done? I donât know, but is it a good step forward? I believe it is.â
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Like manure, Witte said the stockpiled material would smell worse when wetter. On an analysis of the land, he said it was 80% moisture at one point.
âI think itâs a good crop nutrient source, itâs a natural one, but theyâve got to do something about figuring how to make it not stink,â Witte said. âI think composting might be a definite possibility, I think getting it drier will help.â
Elizabeth Valla, economic development director for Scribner, read a letter from Scribner City Administrator Elmer Armstrong that thanked the board for hearing the cityâs complaint.