Sludge
Public meeting for Cassville sludge tank set
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host an in-person public meeting on June 25 from 12:30-2:30 p.m. in response to requests and concerns about the proposed operation of sludge storage tanks in Barry, Hickory and Newton Counties, including one tank that will be located two miles north of Cassville.
Staff View — Sheila Harris: Swallowing a horse-pill
It’s that time again. The Parks, Soil and Water (PSW) Sales Tax will appear on the Aug. 4 ballot this year as Amendment 1. The amendment, which appears on the ballot every 10 years, gives voters the chance to renew the one-tenth-of-one-percent sales tax that benefits Missouri State Parks and the Missouri Soil & Water Conservation Program.
Staff View — Sheila Harris: Let’s cry foul — Our nest is in danger
My recent columns about the land-application of meat-processing sludge peeved our Barry County commissioners.
Sheila Harris: Heads up, sludge-followers!
As a precursor to issuing new permits for the land-application of sludge, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public informational meeting in Jefferson City at 1 p.m., May 19, regarding the proposed issuance of four new Master General Permits, including the use of one-year and five-year P-indexes for land-application.
Staff View: Sludge is in the air — We ain’t seen nothin’ yet
After a relative lull, sludge is back in the spotlight this spring as the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) prepares to announce a public meeting, a preliminary step before issuing new operating permits for three storage tanks which can hold over 800,000 gallons of meat and food-processing residuals.
Sludge storage planned near Cassville
A proposal is on the table with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to issue a Missouri State Operating Permit to HydroAg Environmental (HydroAg), LLC, for the operation of a no-discharge, above-ground, sludge storage facility one mile north of Cassville.
DNR still working on ‘sludge’ permits
According to the Department of Natural Resources, land-application of waste processing residuals – also known as “sludge” — may be occurring, but that does not necessarily mean it’s unauthorized.
SLUDGE drops lawsuit against DNR
On Sept. 9, the citizens’ group SLUDGE, LLC (Stop Land Use Damaging Our Ground and Environment) voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Governor signs copies of ‘Sludge Bill’
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson greeted about 150 McDonald and Newton County residents, including students from McDonald County schools, at a ceremonial signing of House Bill 2134/1956 at the Pineville Community Center on Aug. 21.
SLUDGE fundraiser educates residents
About 100 area residents — the majority of them farmers — attended a fundraiser and informational event at H&H Pool Hall in Cassville Saturday night, where the prospective contamination of soil and groundwater from the land-application of industrial meat-processing and human sludge was the central theme. Two waste-hauling companies, Synagro Central and HydroAg Environmental, have more than 150 proposed permits pending with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to land-apply processing waste to almost 10,000 acres in Barry County.
