FORT RECOVERY — Paul and Nathan’s Fortkamp Poultry Farm, applied for a renewal of its Permit to Operate to the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Livestock Environmental Permitting office.

The farm houses 457,944 laying hens at 1191 Wendel Road, Fort Recovery, across three-layer houses and annually produces about 5,330 tons of solid poultry manure and 67 tons of compost. The draft PTO includes stringent plans for pest control, mortality management, and emergency response, and the facility undergoes regular inspections to maintain standards.

If the final permit is issued, it will last for five years.

Comments can be mailed to Ohio Department of Agriculture, Division of Livestock Environmental Permitting, 8995 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068 or emailed to lepp@agri.ohio.gov.

Reach Cade Higgins at 567-242-0351

In accordance with OAC rule 901:10-6-01, public notice is hereby given that the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is accepting comments on a draft Permit to Operate (PTO) renewal for the facility called “Paul and Nathan Fortkamp Poultry Farm” which is located at 1191 Wendel Road, Fort Recovery, Ohio 45846 in Mercer County, Recovery Township in the Upper Wabash Watershed. If the final permit is issued, the PTO would be valid for five years. 

A copy of the draft permit can be obtained by completing a public records request using the following link:  https://agri.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/oda/divisions/legal-office/public-records-site-area.  Any person may submit written comments and/or request a public meeting on the draft permit. A request for a public meeting must be in writing and shall state the nature of the issues to be raised at the public meeting. Comments and/or public meeting requests must be received by the DLEP office no later than 5 p.m. on September 27, 2024. Comments can either be mailed to: Ohio Department of Agriculture, Division of Livestock Environmental Permitting, 8995 East Main Street, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068 or emailed  to lepp@agri.ohio.gov . Comments received after this date will not be considered. A public meeting will be held when required by OAC 901:10-6-04(C) and may be held where authorized by OAC 901:10-6-01(D). Persons have a right to provide a written or oral statement for the record at the public meeting, if a meeting is scheduled.  

The Division of Livestock Environmental Permitting maintains an “interested parties” list for each Ohio county as well as a statewide list for notification of all draft permits.  If you would like to be added to either or both of these lists, please send a request to lepp@agri.ohio.gov or call 614-387-0470.