TO: Jenni Anderson, Stevens County Land Services Planning Division
RE; Comment on Farmers Distributors LLC Application SEPA 2017-003
FROM: ???????
I wish to express my objection to any approval of the Farmers Distributors LLC application to establish a marijuana grow operation at 6351 Whitmore Hill Rd., Deer Park, WA. Such a large industrial production facility will have a negative effect on both adjacent properties and all nearby property owners and residents.
The proposed plan attached to the Stevens County Land Services (SCLS) letter dated March 24 2017 did not include answers to the following questions:
1. What is the legal source of water which will be used in the Farmers Distributors grow operation?
2. Where will the septic/containment system be located to capture the grow operation’s waste water?
3. May an industrial operation use a single-family septic system as depicted in the proposed plan?
The proposed plan raises several oddities which need to be addressed. The first is size. The plan identifies 47,520 square feet of covered grow space in two greenhouses and 32,480 square feet of outside grow space. This is a total of …show more content…
The SEPA Check List reported an estimated water usage of 1,000 gallons of water per day. The Washington Dept. of Ecology in Publication No. 14-11-003 December 2016 (rev.) estimates he water demand for a tier 3 operation to be 3,900gpd for an indoor operation. An outdoor operation would be well over this figure and would be expected to exceed the 5,000gpd Ground Water Permit exception. If the exception is exceeded the Farmers Distributors LLC would have to apply for a state water right permit and obtain approval prior to any construction. The existing well on the property produces approximately 12gpm and the pumping of the number of gallons required to service a tier 3 operation would stress that well, and that may likely effect nearby wells. Water in that area is
RE; Comment on Farmers Distributors LLC Application SEPA 2017-003
FROM: ???????
I wish to express my objection to any approval of the Farmers Distributors LLC application to establish a marijuana grow operation at 6351 Whitmore Hill Rd., Deer Park, WA. Such a large industrial production facility will have a negative effect on both adjacent properties and all nearby property owners and residents.
The proposed plan attached to the Stevens County Land Services (SCLS) letter dated March 24 2017 did not include answers to the following questions:
1. What is the legal source of water which will be used in the Farmers Distributors grow operation?
2. Where will the septic/containment system be located to capture the grow operation’s waste water?
3. May an industrial operation use a single-family septic system as depicted in the proposed plan?
The proposed plan raises several oddities which need to be addressed. The first is size. The plan identifies 47,520 square feet of covered grow space in two greenhouses and 32,480 square feet of outside grow space. This is a total of …show more content…
The SEPA Check List reported an estimated water usage of 1,000 gallons of water per day. The Washington Dept. of Ecology in Publication No. 14-11-003 December 2016 (rev.) estimates he water demand for a tier 3 operation to be 3,900gpd for an indoor operation. An outdoor operation would be well over this figure and would be expected to exceed the 5,000gpd Ground Water Permit exception. If the exception is exceeded the Farmers Distributors LLC would have to apply for a state water right permit and obtain approval prior to any construction. The existing well on the property produces approximately 12gpm and the pumping of the number of gallons required to service a tier 3 operation would stress that well, and that may likely effect nearby wells. Water in that area is