PA Odor Management Program Public Notices

Odor Management Plans Currently Under Review by the State Conservation

The agricultural operations listed in the below chart have submitted odor management plans (OMPs) for approval under the act of July 6, 2005 (Act 38 of 2005, 3 Pa.C.S. §§ 501-522) (hereinafter referred to as Act 38)

Based upon preliminary reviews, the State Conservation Commission (SCC) has completed an administrative review of the OMPs described below. These OMPs are currently under review by the SCC and are available to the public through the submission of a formal Right-To-Know request to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Persons wishing to comment on an OMP are invited to submit a written statement outlining their comments on the plan to the SCC’s Odor Management Program office within 21 days of the notice date outlined in the below chart for the given plan. Persons with a question relating to the submission of comments on a plan under review may contact the SCC Odor Management Program office by phone to discuss the process for the submission of comments. Comments should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer, and a concise statement to inform the SCC of the exact basis of the comments and the relevant facts upon which they are based.

Persons with a disability who wish to provide comments and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings should contact the specified program. TDD users should contact the Department through the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984.

The address for the SCC’s Odor Management Program office is the Pennsylvania Agriculture Building, State Conservation Commission, 2301 N. Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110-94081. The phone number for the SCC’s Odor Management Program Coordinator (Karl Dymond) is 215-287-4564.
 

Current Notices

Ag Operation  Name and Address

County/Muni

Animal Equivalent Units

Animal Type

Odor Site Index Score

New, Amended, Transferred, Withdrawn or

Rescinded

Date Plan Noticed

Lapp Family farm LLC – Layer Farm

6801 Brush Valley Road

Rebersburg, PA 16872

Centre/ Miles Twp

127.12

Layers, Cattle, Horse, Sheep

48.9

New

1/30/26

Samuel Esh – Usner Road Farm

5083 Usner Road

Kinzers, PA 17535

Lancaster/ Salisbury Twp

136.2

Swine

114.4

New

1/23/26

Paul M. Stoltzfus – Churchtown Road Farm

115 Churchtown Road

Narvon, PA 17555

Lancaster/ Salisbury Twp

204.1

Layers

19.8

New

1/16/26