VAN WERT — The Ohio Department of Agriculture is inviting comments on a draft Permit to Install (PTI) for Triple R Farms, 16786 Rank Road, Van Wert.
An open house and public meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 30, at 1055 S. Washington St., Van Wert. Written comments are due by 5 p.m. on Nov. 6, to the ODA, Division of Livestock Environmental Permitting, 8995 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg, OH 43068.
The draft PTI proposes the construction of a manure storage pond with a capacity of approximately 9.6 million gallons, sufficient for over a year’s storage, at 14364 state Route 81, Vendocia.
Triple R Farms, Inc., a swine finishing facility owned by Pupcreek Livestock, LLC, D & K Livestock, The Roger W. Rank and Karen K. Rank Revocable Trust, and Kaleb S. Rank, features three barns with a total capacity of 7,200 swine over 55 pounds. Each barn includes a concrete pit for about 840,000 gallons of liquid manure, providing approximately 304 days of storage, along with three mortality composting structures offering over a year’s worth of storage.
