The Board of County Commissioners has added a new condition to its Specific Development approval for Rocky Mountain Layers on Powell Mesa above Hotchkiss.

Rocky Mountain Layers is to obtain the services of a qualified air quality or air pollution engineer and submit an operations plan for ensuring the quality of air emissions from the 15,000-hen egg laying facility.

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The county is preparing to proceed with the second phase of a study intended to give planners and policy makers a detailed picture of ground water systems here.

The first phase of the study was completed last year and dealt with parts of the Oak Mesa area generally north of Hotchkiss.

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