Public NoticeClose Proximity Property Owners and Local Officials of the Rock County Planning & Zoning CommissionNotice is hereby given that The Rock County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, July 10, 2006, at the Rock County Family Services Building located at 2 Roundwind Road in Luverne, MN at 8:00 p.m. to act on the following conditional use permit application:Conditional Use: Operation of an existing feedlot over 1,000 animal units. In accordance with Minnesota Rule 7020.2000, subp. 4, notice is hereby given that Christensen Family Farms has made application to the Rock County Feedlot Officer and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination (NPDES) permit for an existing site with no new construction.MPCA rules and permit guidelines require new NPDES permit applications to reflect the physical capacity of the existing facilities and not the actual number of animals housed in the existing facilities.Property Owners: Christensen Family Farms, Inc. Legal description: SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of section 11, in Springwater Township, T103N, R46W, Rock County, Minnesota.Facility Name: Christensen Farms Site C-18The existing site consists of total confinement barns as follows:(1) 71’x410’x2’ building with 541 head of swine and 19 head capacity increase = 560 head of swine over 300 lbs.(1) 61’x377’x10’ deep pitted building with 1031 head of swine and 109 head capacity increase = 1140 head of swine over 300 lbs.(1) 61’x395’x10’ deep pitted building with 1078 head of swine and 222 head capacity increase = 1300 head of swine over 300 lbs. The existing facility houses 2650 swine over 300 lbs., including litters with the sow (1060 animal units). The physical capacity of the facility is 1200 animal units. The described property is zoned as A-2, General Agriculture. All persons interested may appear and be heard at said time and place or submit views in writing or by representative. Dated: June 29, 2006By Order of the Rock County Planning & Zoning CommissionEric Hartman, Zoning Administrator311 W Gabrielson RoadLuverne, MN 56156507-283-8862(6-29, 7-6)