SALISBURY – County leaders have agreed to introduce new legislation extending a moratorium on the issuance of building permits for certain agricultural storage tanks.
Last week, the Wicomico County Council voted unanimously to introduce a legislative bill extending a moratorium on the issuance of building permits for dissolved air flotation (DAF) storage tanks that hold poultry rendering waste.
“We want to get further details on these types of containers and other processes to hold materials that are closely aligned with DAF,” said Councilman Josh Hastings.
The topic of DAF tanks was first introduced in 2019, when Wicomico County Planning, Zoning and Community Development issued a building permit allowing a local farmer to construct a three-million-gallon storage tank containing byproducts on his property in the area of Porter Mill Road. Several nearby residents, however, have since shared their concerns with the council regarding the smells and potential hazards associated with the tank. There has also been litigation in Wicomico County Circuit Court challenging the validity of that storage tank and the permit issued for its construction.
While the moratorium – first enacted in 2019 – does not affect that particular project, officials in Wicomico County agreed it would allow for further review of the permitting process and zoning issues related to DAF storage tanks. In recent months, for example, the county council and planning and zoning staff have met to discuss proposed zoning amendments relating to agricultural storage tanks.
That means the CROOKED COUNTY LEADERS and their buddies are not making money on these projects and they want to put a hold on them until they figure a way to make millions off the FARMER like FAUCI is / has done on this invented covid BS which is a FLU strand they were taken by surprise by.
Another sign of crooked politians. This is rural farm country. If you don’t like the results of farms then move to the BIG CITIES and stop eating what results from farms.
Cannon and his pal Psota are slow walking this because they are both running for election and don’t want to pissoff half the County.
Cannon and Psota should be voted out this year.
If it was just the results of farms then it should be considered. However, when you have out of state sludge trucks with chemicals and other waste being dumped into these tanks they are making living anywhere in the area inhabitable. It was only put in place because the farmer has relatives in that area who would not complain. I don’t know if they are getting a cut from the revenues. The County Council President will not put this on the agenda until after the election is right. These tanks need to be abandoned in place and not used again. The Federal Government needs to get involved here because the local government doesn’t have the knowledge as to what is going on.
I completely agree!
Kinda like locking the barn door after the horse is gone, ain’t it?