Geology Expert On Construction Of Large Scale Dairy

On Tuesday, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Associate Judge Kevin Ward ruled in favor of dairyman A.J. Bos in building and operating a large-scale dairy operation in Nora, IL.  23 neighbors and green lobbyists formed Helping Others Maintain Environmental Standards (HOMES) and took the issue to court two years ago, seeking a permanent injunction against the development of Traditions Dairy. 

Geology expert witness Samuel Panno, a staff member of the Illinois Geological Survey and one of the plaintiff’s expert witnesses, said that there were a more tests that could have been performed to provide a more definitive indicator of the presence of karst. The plaintiffs found that the ground water chemistry evaluation, well monitoring, and dye tracing tests were cost prohibitive.

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