PUBLIC NOTICE

Date of Notice:

July 12, 2025

Name & address of facility:

AJ Evers & Sons

1105 Goettemoeller Rd.

Maria Stein, Ohio 45860

Name & address of applicants: 

Gene and Sharon Evers

1105 Goettemoeller Rd.

Maria Stein, Ohio 45860

Ricky and Brenda Evers

6795 Fort Recovery Minster Road

Maria Stein, Ohio 45860

PUBLIC NOTICE

In accordance with OAC rule 901:10-6-01, public notice is hereby given that the Ohio Department of Agriculture has issued a final Permit to Operate renewal for AJ Evers & Sons.

The final Permit may be appealed. The notice of Appeal and the filing fee as may be required must be sent to: The Environmental Review Appeals Commission (ERAC), 30 East Broad Street 4th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215, (614-466-8950) by 5:00 p.m. on August 11, 2025. Questions regarding the appeal process may be directed to ERAC. A copy of the appeal must be served on the director of agriculture within three days after filing the appeal with ERAC.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Date of Notice:

June 28, 2025

Name & address of facility:

Paul and Nathan

Fortkamp Poultry Farm

1191 Wendel  Road

Fort Recovery, OH 45846

Name & address of applicants: 

PGF Operating, LLC

(Paul & Virginia Fortkamp)

2524 Wabash Road

Fort Recovery, OH 45846

NFJ Farms, LLC

(Nathan Fortkamp)

1191 Wendel Road

Fort Recovery, OH 45846

NF Eggs, LLC

1191 Wendel Road

Fort Recovery, OH 45846

PGF Land LLC

1191 Wendel Road

Fort Recovery, OH 45846

PUBLIC NOTICE

In accordance with OAC rule 901:10-6-01, public notice is hereby given that the Ohio Department of Agriculture has issued a final Permit to Install and Permit to Operate for Paul and Nathan Fortkamp Poultry Farm.

The final Permit may be appealed. The notice of Appeal and the filing fee as may be required must be sent to: The Environmental Review Appeals Commission (ERAC), 30 East Broad Street 4th Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215, (614-466-8950) by 5:00 p.m. on July 28, 2025. Questions regarding the appeal process may be directed to ERAC. A copy of the appeal must be served on the director of agriculture within three days after filing the appeal with ERAC.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Date of Notice: June 12, 2025

Name & address of facility:

Thunder Poultry

3185 Philothea Road

Coldwater, OH 45828

Name & address of applicants: 

Thunder Poultry LLC

2885 State Route 118

Saint Henry, OH 45883

James L. and Janice M. Broering Trust

2885 State Route 118

Saint Henry, OH 45883

PUBLIC NOTICE

In accordance with OAC rule 901:10-6-01, public notice is hereby given that the Ohio Department of Agriculture has issued a final Permit to Install and Permit to Operate for Thunder Poultry.

The final Permit may be appealed. The notice of Appeal and the filing fee as may be required must be sent to: The Environmental Review Appeals Commission (ERAC), 30 East Broad Street 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215, (614-466-8950) by 5:00 p.m. on July 14, 2025. Questions regarding the appeal process may be directed to ERAC. A copy of the appeal must be served on the director of agriculture within three days after filing the appeal with ERAC.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Date of Notice:

June 5, 2025

Name & address of facility:

AJ Evers & Sons

1105 Goettemoeller Rd.

Maria Stein, OH 45860

Name & address of applicants: 

Gene and Sharon Evers

1105 Goettemoeller Rd.,

Maria Stein, OH 45860

Ricky and Brenda Evers

6795 Fort Recovery-Minster Road,

Maria Stein, OH 45860

PUBLIC NOTICE

In accordance with OAC rule 901:10-6-01, public notice is hereby given that the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) is accepting comments on a draft Permit to Operate (PTO) renewal for the facility called "AJ Evers & Sons" which is located at 1105 Goettemoeller Road, Maria Stein, OH 45860 in  Mercer County, Marion Township in the Upper Great Miami Watershed. If the final permit is issued, the PTO would be valid for five years. 

A copy of the draft permit can be obtained by completing a public records request using the following link:  https://agri.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/oda/divisions/legal-office/public-records-site-area. Any person may submit written comments and/or request a public meeting on the draft permit. A request for a public meeting must be in writing and shall state the nature of the issues to be raised at the public meeting. Comments and/or public meeting requests must be received by the DLEP office no later than 5 p.m. on July 7, 2025. Comments can either be mailed to: Ohio Department of Agriculture, Division of Livestock Environmental Permitting, 8995 East Main Street, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068 or emailed  to lepp@agri.ohio.gov. Comments received after this date will not be considered. A public meeting will be held when required by OAC 901:10-6-04(C) and may be held where authorized by OAC 901:10-6-01(D). Persons have a right to provide a written or oral statement for the record at the public meeting, if a meeting is scheduled.

The Division of Livestock Environmental Permitting maintains an "interested parties" list for each Ohio county as well as a statewide list for notification of all draft permits.  If you would like to be added to either or both of these lists, please send a request to lepp@agri.ohio.gov or call 614-387-0470.

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