West River Dairy Expansion

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Comment From: SARA BOSELY

3/13/26 @ 8:17 AM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.



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Comment From: Francy Jenko

3/13/26 @ 8:09 AM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.

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Comment From: Jonathan P

3/13/26 @ 7:48 AM
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It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is
nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be
enormous. Here's what we know now.
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Comment From: Dean Vital

3/13/26 @ 6:35 AM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.



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Comment From: Renee Obrecht-Como

3/13/26 @ 5:05 AM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. This expansion would also further erode the ...↓
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Comment From: Winston Kaehler

3/13/26 @ 2:51 AM
The proposed expansion of the West River Dairy is a bad idea.






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Comment From: Julia Hoffman

3/13/26 @ 2:32 AM
I am a resident of Stevens County. I am very troubled by the possible expansion of the West River Dairy. The size of the proposed operation is too big for our community. MPCA needs to scutinize the environmental, hydrological, pollution and economic ...↓
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Comment From: Sharon Fortunak

3/13/26 @ 2:13 AM
The MPCA must require a full EIS!

Negatives of this proposal--massive water use, huge wastewater output, ground water impacts, sensitive, already impaired waters.
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Comment From: Marshall Hoffman

3/13/26 @ 12:28 AM
As a resident of Stevens County, I am very troubled by the possible expansion of the West River Dairy. The sheer enormity of this proposed expansion warrants a full Environmental Impact Statement. The City of Morris is already effected by the smell o...↓
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Comment From: KEVIN Hohn

3/13/26 @ 12:28 AM
Riverview Dairy must be required to submit an environmental impact statement. A farm that large will cause serious environmental issues including massive water use and possible poisoning of groundwater.
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Comment From: Holly Grise

3/12/26 @ 11:20 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.
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Comment From: Hannah Bernhardt

3/12/26 @ 11:06 PM
I am a farmer and this size project will absolutely have an outsized environmental impact on Minnesota's water, soil, and air. I work closely with my county Soil and Water Conservation District and am Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certified be...↓
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Comment From: jane dow

3/12/26 @ 11:02 PM
Please do not permit this dairy farm for expansion. This large a number of cattle is environmentally a disaster, totally inhumane to the animals and unhealthy for the community where it is located. This large a facility is totally unacceptable. I th...↓
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Comment From: Jon Moser

3/12/26 @ 10:39 PM
I am Jon Moser, we live and farm 3 miles East of West River Dairy. We are not financially involved with Riverview. We do support the 11,000 cow expansion of West River Dairy. Riverview has been a leader in dairy production in many areas.
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Comment From: Tim Ahrens

3/12/26 @ 10:17 PM
The MPCA's repeated refusal to order EIS reviews for extremely largescale feedlot projects is an absolute failure to honor the intent and purpose of MEPA, and the protections it provides. If you don't believe me, ask John Herman and Chuck Dayton.

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Comment From: Amy LeBeau

3/12/26 @ 9:47 PM
t is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.



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Comment From: Caitlin [email protected]

3/12/26 @ 9:20 PM
I would like to require an environmental assessment for this project. The harms that factory farming has on people and the environment are massive and it wouldn't be in the best interests of anyone to have this farm.
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Comment From: K Shomion

3/12/26 @ 8:39 PM
Stop! No body wants this. Ruining our water, land and environment!!!
Disgusting
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Comment From: Ben Knelman

3/12/26 @ 8:29 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now:

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Comment From: Jenell Holden

3/12/26 @ 8:06 PM


It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.

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Comment From: Edi Thorstensson

3/12/26 @ 7:56 PM
A dairy of this size should be required to meet high standards, both in production and environmental stewardship. It should be required to file an EIS and to maintain the highest standards in its operation. I frankly am concerned that, because of i...↓
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Comment From: Jenell Holden

3/12/26 @ 7:55 PM
I'd rather see more community gardens
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Comment From: Kelle Green

3/12/26 @ 6:43 PM
They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Riverview, LLP's operation has the potential to pollute nearby already-fragile waterways. And a proposal that would generate over 200 million gallons of liquid manure and wastewater annually–p...↓
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Comment From: Paul Golden

3/12/26 @ 6:33 PM
Dear Mcap,

As a very concerned citizen who lives and farms by one of their sites other then this one I can't emphasize enough that they need to be stopped from further expansion at this site and other sites in the future
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Comment From: Tayler Williamson

3/12/26 @ 6:33 PM
It is extremely important to me that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Riverview, in addition t...↓
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Comment From: Joyce Borgerding

3/12/26 @ 6:28 PM
Minnesota's water is the most important resource we have! I've moved from western Wisconsin in this past year, so I know first hand the effects of CAFOs. Don't let corporate money get in the way of protecting water for all.
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Comment From: Jodi Williams

3/12/26 @ 6:11 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.

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Comment From: Francisco Guadarrama Capitaine

3/12/26 @ 5:38 PM
To whom it may concern.





I want to express my support to the West River Dairy Expansion project; I have known about Riverview for over 6 years. This includes touring their farms in different states.

This opportunity has given me an insight o...↓
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Comment From: Tanner Davison

3/12/26 @ 5:36 PM
Riverview dairy should be granted the permit for expansion. As a farmer that has worked with them on other dairies they have always done what they said, and make things fair and right when circumstances change. As the Mayor of Wendell they have bee...↓
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Comment From: Andrew Steiner

3/12/26 @ 4:30 PM
To Whom It May Concern,

My name is Andrew Steiner, and I am writing as a local resident, a high school agricultural educator, and a small business owner in the Morris area. I have toured Riverview facilities several times over the years and regularl...↓
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Comment From: Michelle Gobely

3/12/26 @ 4:08 PM
Please require an EIS for this outrageously sized proposed dairy! Thank you!
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Comment From: Brooke Reynolds

3/12/26 @ 3:49 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.
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Comment From: Gayl Gustafson

3/12/26 @ 3:45 PM
Please get an environmental impact evaluation on this CAFO expansion before permission to build is given
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Comment From: Mary Longfellow

3/12/26 @ 3:45 PM
Do the right thing for your future self and your prodigy. We shouldn't need to convince you this is simply bad form and isn't needed. The pressure on you and us by corporate entities has to stop. It's destructive and inhumane. Do the right thi...↓
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Comment From: Anna Mehlhoff

3/12/26 @ 3:40 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.



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Comment From: Ramona Heitmann

3/12/26 @ 3:32 PM
I am strongly opposed to the expansion of Riverview Dairy. The operation is already large and has caused problems with both groundwater extraction beyond what the current wells can handle sustainably and the waste generated also has caused issues. T...↓
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Comment From: Cora Gertjejanssen

3/12/26 @ 3:03 PM
I am writing to plead that an environmental assessment be required for a project of this size. It is well known that feedlots have detrimental effects on the environment, such as potential manure spills or mismanagement and intensive water usage. We ...↓
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Comment From: Tyler Scott

3/12/26 @ 2:56 PM
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Comment From: Cary Anderson

3/12/26 @ 2:43 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.
 
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Comment From: James Harkness

3/12/26 @ 2:32 PM
I am strongly opposed to moving forward with this proposed expansion without a much more comprehensive environmental and socioeconomic review. Riverview's plan would blanket a huge area with manure, and I do not see sufficient evidence that it will n...↓
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Comment From: Mariah McMahon

3/12/26 @ 2:18 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.

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Comment From: Carole Fernholz

3/12/26 @ 2:06 PM
In my opinion, this is far too many animals proposed in this project and must have a thorough environmental review! These massive dairy operations have glutted the market and tightened their hold on the industry. This project would push more family f...↓
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Comment From: Rhyan Schicker

3/12/26 @ 1:48 PM
Thank you for reading my comment. I am extremely worried and frustrated by the Riverview Dairy proposal to install the largest CAFO MN has ever seen in the area where I live, work and recreate on the local waterways.
MN has a climate action plan with...↓
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Comment From: Anna Larsson

3/12/26 @ 1:31 PM
The Riverview Dairy must be required to submit an environmental impact statement. This proposed farm is almost twice as big as any current Minnesota dairy operation. It will cause enormous environmental damage. I am an environmental educator, and her...↓
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Comment From: Jim Bambenek

3/12/26 @ 1:01 PM
For the health and safety of our environment, water, clean air and soil health, please say no !
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Comment From: Heather Stefanek-Peters

3/12/26 @ 12:52 PM
As a resident of Stevens County MN, where the proposed Riverview Dairy expansion would be located, I am concerned about its environmental impact and would like the MPCA to require a full Environmental Impact Statement before the project can go forwar...↓
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Comment From: Elena Machkasova

3/12/26 @ 12:50 PM
As a resident of Morris, MN, I am very concerned about the environmental effects of the proposed Riverview Dairy expansion. The project of such scale has a potential to negatively effect the environment in a variety of ways.

The proposed location i...↓
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Comment From: Ann DuHamel

3/12/26 @ 12:34 PM
As a resident of Stevens county for almost 17 years, I am EXTREMELY concerned about this proposed expansion, and how it will impact both the quality of life for the people who live here as well as the environmental impacts for water, flora, and fauna...↓
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Comment From: Jan Kaeter

3/12/26 @ 12:23 PM
I oppose any opperation of this size with the volume of water used and the affects it would have on the local aquafers to the amount of waste produced not to mention the methane gas released. This opperation is not a farm it is an industrial plant no...↓
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Comment From: Jody Snow

3/12/26 @ 12:14 PM
As a Morris, Minnesota resident for almost 20 years, I would like to voice my opposition to the expansion project proposed. The leadership of the LLC exploits workers, breaks contracts, and are not good stewards of the land they currently possess. Th...↓
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Comment From: Helene Murray

3/12/26 @ 11:33 AM
A dairy of this size has the potential to have severe, adverse environmental impacts. An EIS is needed to determine to what extent this facility will have on the environment and area.
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Comment From: Darlene Eckert

3/12/26 @ 10:53 AM
It seems that Minnesota's ground water is under attack from all sides. Mining, ai farms and big ag businesses. The quantity of water they will use and pollute is unacceptable. Can they treat and reuse the treated water instead of using fresh water? T...↓
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Comment From: Barbara Burke

3/12/26 @ 10:44 AM
The Riverview expansion should require a full EIS.
GHG testing and estimating that was done as part of the Environmental Assessment Worksheet was based only on the number of cows they intend to add, not including the base amount of cows they already...↓
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Comment From: Sarah Winikoff

3/12/26 @ 10:20 AM
I think that the proposed project should be rejected.

As a PhD aquatic ecologist and freshwater biologist, I see the proposed project as a threat to public health in the nearby communities.

Confined animal operations have long been known to de...↓
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Comment From: Itzel Herrera

3/12/26 @ 10:09 AM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.

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Comment From: Dawn Cook Ronningen

3/12/26 @ 10:08 AM
This is a horrid idea. Please I want to see a complete environmental study and economic assessment. This needs to be done before any further advancement of the project.
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Comment From: CARLOS GUTIERREZ

3/12/26 @ 10:00 AM
I am a Stevens County resident, and I am in favor of the expansion of West River Dairy. I am familiar with Riverview's farms, and I know they always try to do things the right way. Riverview provides jobs in our area. They also care about protecting ...↓
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Comment From: Stuart Knappmiller

3/12/26 @ 9:51 AM
Growing up on a 28 cow 228 acre farm, I saw our livestock use Stumptown Creek as a toilet. Our septic tank flowed water into the pasture near a tree I stayed away from.

20 years later, we had no livestock near the creek, a new up to date field for ...↓
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Comment From: Becca Golden

3/12/26 @ 9:41 AM
These mega-dairies are one of the worst things to happen to Chippewa and Swift County. They are nothing more than massive land grabs by a small group of people who claim these operations "help the community," when in reality it's simply greed feeding...↓
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Comment From: Patrick Brueske

3/12/26 @ 9:22 AM
Hello.

This comes strongly urging an environmental impact study for the proposed West River Dairy Expansion in Stevens County, Minnesota.

Thank you for giving a read and for next steps being taken for addressing this.

Respectfully,


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Comment From: Gage Norton

3/12/26 @ 9:15 AM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.
 
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Comment From: Lisa Cain

3/12/26 @ 9:06 AM
Due to past problems with water access for neighbors, possible degradation of our water quality, and just the sheer size of the proposed dairy, I believe very thorough studies should be done before this project would even be considered. Our way of li...↓
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Comment From: Lauren Robinson

3/12/26 @ 9:05 AM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.



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Comment From: Peg Furshong

3/12/26 @ 8:46 AM
Do you ever say no? How many is too many cows? How much does this operation actually pay for their water - all that water for the cows and to grow the feed? This is North America's largest dairy operation - the largest - The Minnesota River Basin ...↓
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Comment From: Katie Hauge

3/12/26 @ 8:43 AM
This is just simply horrible... as a small family farmer who is hoping to keep our little farm going, we need to stop more expansion from the corporate farms! We are being swallowed up by these giant corporate farms, wells are a problem, river pollut...↓
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Comment From: Grandpa Roy's Pickles (Jack Judkins)

3/12/26 @ 8:43 AM
Industrial scale agriculture has been an environmental disaster, to say nothing about animal welfare (cruelty). Listen to the folks most affected. Deny the Riverview permit.
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Comment From: Paige Van Pelt

3/12/26 @ 8:36 AM
If this doubling of the size of Minnesota's current CAFO capacity can be approved without a full environmental review process, we are truly in trouble. I find it creepy that agricultural interests in our state would try to slide this under the door r...↓
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Comment From: Dylan Summerville (Dylan Summerville)

3/12/26 @ 8:35 AM
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Comment From: Laura Haule

3/12/26 @ 8:30 AM
It is inconceivable that a dairy operation of this size will not heavily impact soil, water, and air quality in the surrounding area. Riverview Dairy should be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It will drain local water resource...↓
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Comment From: Bonita Underbakke

3/12/26 @ 8:20 AM
The EAW is merely assurance by the proposer that all is well.
The Riverview Expansion project needs a thorough Environmental Impact Study to recognize risks across the board, and how, if possible, to prevent permanent damages.
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Comment From: Kaitlin Kramer

3/12/26 @ 8:06 AM
The West River Dairy Expansion would result in enormous environmental harm to its surroundings; massive water use and waste output would be highly detrimental to the groundwater reserves and the Pomme de Terre watershed where the expansion would sit.
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Comment From: Kelley Parker

3/12/26 @ 7:37 AM
It is vital that we require this riverview dairy expansion project to run an environmental impact study before it's approved.
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Comment From: Faustine Micheyl Moran

3/12/26 @ 7:30 AM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.


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Comment From: Laura Aldrich-Wolfe

3/12/26 @ 7:21 AM
The proposed project requires a full environmental impact statement. Even without one, it is obvious that this project is incompatible with a state that values its lands and waters. CAFOs enrich a few at the expense of many, bringing minimal economic...↓
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Comment From: Jeremy Culver

3/12/26 @ 7:16 AM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is
nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be
enormous. Here's what we know now.
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Comment From: Emily B

3/12/26 @ 7:04 AM
Aside from environmental concerns wich are innumerable, factory farming is a disgustingly cruel practice. It should be illegal it is animal cruelty it is human cruelty.

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Comment From: Kirstan Ketter

3/12/26 @ 7:01 AM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.
 
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Comment From: Brook Pederson

3/12/26 @ 5:34 AM
As a homeowner who can't drink their well water due to the high nitrate concentration in it. It is absolutely abhorrent to see and hear such a violation of nature being proposed. I've never understood why humans are so hell-bent on creating food in s...↓
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Comment From: Cassie Dudley

3/12/26 @ 4:10 AM
Riverview Dairy must be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as
big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Current
concerns:
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Comment From: JENNIFER Love

3/12/26 @ 3:28 AM
Farming cows is a huge contributor to global warming and environmental damage. Please do not expand, even with the most up to date farming practices, this is not good for our climate as a whole nor for the protected and already struggling Pomme de Te...↓
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Comment From: Michael Kennedy

3/12/26 @ 12:36 AM
This project, due to its unique size and impact, requires a mandatory EIS. Anything less would be setting a precedent in our state that threatens all future land use for dairy operations by ignoring massive impacts on already fragile natural resource...↓
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Comment From: Ana Shickich

3/11/26 @ 10:55 PM
After learning about this proposal, I believe it is essential that Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact report. It is nearly twice as
big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. C...↓
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Comment From: Deborah Liang

3/11/26 @ 10:44 PM
Riverview Dairy must be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Current concerns:

—Massive water use: Riverview would pum...↓
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Comment From: Jazmin Goire

3/11/26 @ 10:36 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.

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Comment From: Taylor Borgman

3/11/26 @ 10:24 PM
This huge expansion of factory dairy farming poses risks for environmental pollution, massive
amounts of water and financial risks for smaller dairy farmers. Please do an Environmental Impact
Statement and give a very careful, thoughtful assessment o...↓
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Comment From: Maurice Spangler

3/11/26 @ 10:12 PM
This huge expansion of factory dairy farming poses risks for environmental pollution, massive amounts of water and financial risks for smaller dairy farmers. Please do an Environmental Impact Statement and give a very careful, thoughtful assessment ...↓
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Comment From: Ann Peckskamp

3/11/26 @ 10:03 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.

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Comment From: Holly Swiglo

3/11/26 @ 9:56 PM
I urge you to oppose the expansion of West River Dairy, due to the large environmental impacts and health impacts on local communities.
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Comment From: Sumi Srinivasan

3/11/26 @ 9:44 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairv be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearlv twice as big as anv current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now
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Comment From: Danielle White

3/11/26 @ 9:43 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.

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Comment From: Gretchen Goodman

3/11/26 @ 9:25 PM
Surely an expansion of this size and scope warrants an Environmental Impact Study! The people of Stevens county, and indeed of all Minnesota, deserve this. Our environment, and its ability to sustain itself, needs more than just rubber-stamp approv...↓
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Comment From: Malee Johnson

3/11/26 @ 9:23 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.
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Comment From: Thomas Sybrant

3/11/26 @ 9:20 PM
This project is too large for the area. The pollution impact has not been studied and presented. This is about greed, not the health of the animals or community. Thank you.
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Comment From: Robert Rinkenberger

3/11/26 @ 9:18 PM
To Charles Peterson and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency,

Hi my name is Robert Rinkenberger, I have lived in Stevens County for 67 years. I live 3 miles as the crow files from West River Dairy. You wouldn't even know the facility is there exc...↓
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Comment From: Mary Vlazny

3/11/26 @ 8:55 PM
An EIS will allow the proposal's negative impacts on water quality and quantity, local roads, and existing independent family dairy farms to be fully analyzed before the project is allowed to seek a permit. This is what the MPCA is for, to assess the...↓
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Comment From: Allie Arthur

3/11/26 @ 8:53 PM
• Unknown groundwater impacts: The DNR hasn't begun the hydrologic survey or completed the County Geologic Atlas for Stevens County, so aquifers and groundwater resources aren't mapped—making it risky to permit large withdrawals now.

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Comment From: Emily Marsolek

3/11/26 @ 8:53 PM
It is vital that the Riverview Dairy be required to submit an environmental impact statement. It is nearly twice as big as any current operations in the state, and its environmental harm would be enormous. Here's what we know now.

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Comment From: Kim Hiltner

3/11/26 @ 8:42 PM
I am writing to express my concerns with Riverview, LLP's proposal to build the first livestock operation in Minnesota to hold over 20,000 animal units. The MPCA must recognize the fundamentally new nature of this threat. This proposal must be requir...↓
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Comment From: Karen Ahrens

3/11/26 @ 8:24 PM
I am terrified by the Riverview proposal. Living nearby the Daley Farms in the karst topography of southeast Minnesota, I feel the anxiety of these neighboring communities. These monstrous CAFOs demonstrate selfish disregard for the health, safety an...↓
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Comment From: Audrey Kingstrom

3/11/26 @ 8:09 PM
I can't imagine that such a large operation is good for the environment or the surrounding rural neighborhood. You must at least do an environmental review. While I don't live in that area (I live in the city now), I grew up in west central Minneso...↓
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