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Opponents of a proposed dairy in Hanson County said Thursday they were not properly informed of a hearing on the dairy’s water permit and are concerned that irreparable damage could be done to an aquifer.
The issue at hand during Thursday’s court proceeding at the Hanson County Courthouse was whether a legal stay should be placed on the water permit granted to the proposed 7,000-cow dairy. A stay would prevent the dairy’s owner, Michael Crinion, from drilling and pumping water from wells until the appeal of the water permit makes it way through court.
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