[CPEO-BIF] "Millsboro [Delaware] residents take chicken plant decision to court"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Millsboro residents take chicken plant decision to court

By Sarah Lake Rayne
Sussex Countian (DE)
December 11. 2013 


A local environmental advocacy group has filed an appeal to overturn the Sussex County Board of Adjustment's approval of a permit for a proposed chicken processing plant in Dagsboro, just next to several Millsboro communities.

Protecting Our Indian River filed the appeal with Sussex County Superior Court on Dec. 4, citing "the BOA's lack of jurisdiction under Delaware state law to issue the permit, the fact that the BOA did not base its decision on substantial evidence in the record showing the development will be protective of the public's health and safety, and the BOA's violation of public notice and hearing requirements in issuing the permit," according to a news release.

The permit application was submitted earlier this year by poultry firm Allen Harim Foods for the Pinnacle Foods-owned site and requests a special use exception for a potentially hazardous use. In accordance with the Sussex County Code, hazardous uses – including the slaughtering of poultry and the rendering and storage of dead animals – must be approved by the BOA.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sussexcountian.com/article/20131211/NEWS/131219942/1003/NEWS

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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