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' r f r � • � w 4. Egg/poultry farms generate vectors(flies), rodents and smells that will travel to surrounding properties and that your department will have to control. 5. The manure generated by 900,000 chickens is to be stored in a covered collection and drying area almost an acre in size. We are not told how much manure is produced daily. Only that it will be sold as fertilizer to farmers at six month intervals. The six month interval is not realistic as farmers can only use this type of manure for a three to four month window after fall harvest of crops and before spring planting. Given the sensitive location of the Project Site a very strong and enforceable Manure Management Plan will be required. All manure removal equipment, conveyers and concrete lined raceways need to be at a safe level above the flood plain to ensure they are not compromised by a flood event. Much more information is needed about how the manure will be handled, dried and moved before it can be properly evaluated... 6. I am unable to find any information about how disposal of an estimated 300 daily dead chickens(Count is from Olivera's Bowman Road preliminary Manure Management Plan) would be handled. I trust we will not be treated to incineration as our air quality has already been criticized by Federal officials. The Applicant, Olivera Family Limited Partnership has not shown the ability to properly run a poultry/egg facility in other locations. Santa Clara County Environmental Resources Agency projected it would spend 351 inspection hours equaling $28,388 during the 2003-2004 calendar year to provide weekly inspection and consultation services required by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors for an Olivera egg/poultry farm on Canada Road in Gilroy. This cost projection was considered conservative as it did not account for other real costs such as Department overhead allocation, equipment operation and maintenance, and County Counsel costs. Santa Clara County did not recover any revenue for its inspection services of the Olivera poultry facility. Santa Clara County Environmental Resources Agency provided weekly inspections of the Olivera Egg Ranch at 4140 Canada Road, Gilroy, CA from February 25, 2003 until it was abandoned by Olivera in September of 2005. Please refer to attached Santa Clara County records for specific information. Your recent inspections (5/24/06, 11/9/06 and 2/26/07)of the Olivera facility located on Bowman Road in San Joaquin County show continued disdain for following Best Farming Management Practices, and ongoing disregard for your recommendations. I request your Department require a FULL ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT before Site Approval of this application. Thank you. Sincerely y , illiam . eynolds CC: San Joaquin County Supervisors San Joaquin County Planning Commissioners San Joaquin County Community Development Department