Layer Facility Expansion / Marion County, Illinois

This facility is composed of 16 laying houses and 2 pullet barns housing 550,000 laying hens. Manure conveyors are utilized to transfer waste from the housing facilities to manure storage buildings until the manure can be land applied. Maurer-Stutz, Inc. involvement in the expansion involved the following services: project construction plans with grading plans, cut/fill volumes, piping plan and a stormwater/erosion control plan for the NPDES Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan; design of animal manure and wastewater handling and storage system; permitting assistance with various local and state regulatory agencies; and development of a nutrient management and application plan.