It will be about two weeks before the Department of Environmental Conservation determines what, if any, fines will be levied on a Venice dairy farm for a recent spill.
Sunnyside Farms reported excess manure runoff after heavier-than-forecasted rain fell last week. Most was incorporated into the soil, but some made it to a ditch along Goodrich Hill Road that runs into Hemlock Creek in the town of Locke, DEC spokeswoman Diane Carlton said.
"The farmers called us, they were very conscientious of the situation," she said.
Cayuga County planning and health departments collected samples and suspected little contamination. Tests were conducted around one nearby well.
"Other than that, there was not any concern it was contaminating any wells in that area," Carlton said. "There wasn't any manure visible in the water."
The investigation is ongoing, but Carlton confirmed the farm was following Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, or CAFO, standards when the incident occurred April 25.
"The farmers called us, they were very conscientious of the situation," she said.
Cayuga County planning and health departments collected samples and suspected little contamination. Tests were conducted around one nearby well.
"Other than that, there was not any concern it was contaminating any wells in that area," Carlton said. "There wasn't any manure visible in the water."
The investigation is ongoing, but Carlton confirmed the farm was following Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, or CAFO, standards when the incident occurred April 25.
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Resident of Goodrich Hill wrote on May 2, 2007 11:00 AM:
Giving credit where it is due wrote on May 2, 2007 8:33 AM: