As a resident of Montezuma, I currently reside on Denman Road, the same road Mr. Rich Snyder intends to put a 2,000-head CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) pig farm on.

As a taxpaying resident, I must express my concerns, along with the residents on this road, about a pig farm of this magnitude being in our backyards.

A CAFO farm of this size is not feasible to such a residential area as this one.

These types of farm operations do not belong near or around residents. The odor alone within a three-mile or better radius is going to be unbearable.

This is something I do not care to live with or expose my family to these harmful fumes as well as the waste products these animals produce.

It has been and is documented in great detail of the health effects of such farms and the impact it can have on the people's health.

I personally plan to spend the rest of my life here in this area, without having to worry whether or not my family can enjoy the outdoors.

Our water sources can be seriously affected as well as surrounding water sources such as rivers, ponds, etc., and the residents will be the ones responsible to keep their water sources clean, not the farmer who causes the contamination.

I urge everyone in this area to please don't take a blind eye to this issue, this could be in your backyard.

Rebecca Swarthout

Montezuma