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6/19/2018 Zim6ra Zimbra maguirre@sjgov.org Application PA-1500200(SA) From :Tammy Alcantor <tammyalcan.tor@hot-nail.com> Fri, May 04, 2018 01:20 PM Subject :Application PA-1500200(SA) &1 attachment To : meagui-rre@sjgov.org Cc : Robert Alcantor <ralcantorjr@hotmail.com> Good Afternoon, We received in the mail yesterday a notice of project PA-1500200 (SA) for Pleasant Valley Farms, Inc. DBAJenkins Poultry Farms.The noticed was received on May 3rd with a required deadline to respond -on May 4th based on-the quick review of the project and our recent experi-ences with the business we would like to provide the following comments. We are neighbors to the-current business and while we do understand that we live in an area that has a right to farm we also feel they have certain obligation to not be a nuisance.This-past year we have been in contact with the owners a few-times due to the continuous odors that we deal with at our home.These odors a-re very obnoxious and hinder you from-being outside. We have not-been able to enjoy our outdoors or open-our-windows because of-the odors. In our communication with the owners they have been invited to our property to experience the odor from anywhere on the property. In fact, when driving down our road there is a slight hill and as you -come over the hill the odors will sometimes.hit you. We understand that the odors are associated with wind shifts but stili there should be a level of responsibility: We have experienced two types of odors; the first we believe is their incinerator running (a burnt smell) and the other is the chicken manure that is outside drying. We do not wa-nt to hinder anyone's bus-iness and again understand we are-in an area with the right to farm but we would ask that the owners be requested-to put in some type of improvements to assist with the odors prior to expanding the business. One of the last phases of the project is-for the installation of manure-drying tunnels.These were mentioned as a possible solution at one time by County Environmental Health Department staff when we reached out to try understand their permit limits on odors. It had been noted that another ranch had implemented this method and it had reduced the odor complaints. So we would ask that these improvements be done in the beginning of the expansion not at the end when you have already added 400,000 birds. Attached to the email is a copy of the communication from San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department noting the benefit of the drying tunnels. It is our understanding that the operations require the incineratorto be run on a daily basis and we would assume with the increase of birds you would increase the use of it also. We did not see anything in the project regarding some type of improvement for the incinerator but would ask that there be some consideration taken to reduce the exposure to the surrounding neighbors.