NOTICE OF APPLICATIONFORLIVESTOCK FEEDLOT PERMITNotice is hereby given pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 116.07, Subd. 7(a) that New Horizon Farms LLP has applied to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for a renewal of its NPDES Livestock Feedlot Permit and the new permit would allow the expansion of a feedlot with a capacity of 500 animal units or more.The existing NPDES permit has a current capacity of 1,275 animal units and relates to the New Horizon Farms East facility located in the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 19 of Denver Township, Rock County, Minnesota (2135 100th Avenue, Hardwick, MN). The proposed expansion is necessary not because actual operations of the feedlot will change but because when initial NPDES feedlot permit applications were made applicants were advised to use the original design capacity of the feedlot versus the actual maximum stocking density at any one point in time which is what the current MPCA NPDES applications now request. The existing permit allows 2,850 finishing hogs and 8,400 nursery pigs equaling 1,275 animal units. The new permit application would allow 3,130 finishing hogs and 9,450 nursery pigs equaling 1,412 animal units. The facility consists of 26’x368’, 31’x360’, and 36’x160’ nursery barns with 2’ manure pits underneath; 36’x264’ and 41’x252’ finishing barns with 6.5’ manure pits underneath, and a 44’x96’ finishing barn with a 2’ manure pit underneath; a 160’(diameter)x10’(deep) concrete circle manure pit; and a 40’x40’ dead rendering pick up area. No new construction or expansion in the actual operation of the feedlot is being proposed. This publication constitutes notice to each resident and each land owner within 5,000 feet of the perimeter of the feedlot as required by Minnesota law.Published at the request of New Horizon Farms LLP. Any questions about this notice or the permit application can be addressed to New Horizon Farms LLP, Steven L. Perkins, Sec/Treas, 319 N. Hiawatha, P.O. Box 708, Pipestone, MN 56164 or 507-825-5462.Published in the Rock County Star Herald (12-15)