Creswell Foster Farms Public Hearing Put on Ice

CRESWELL – A much-anticipated public hearing on a proposed permit renewal of the nonoperative Foster Farms chicken plant at 33464 West Lane in Creswell was postponed on Aug. 26 with three days’ notice, leaving residents’ questions to linger about the future of the plant. 

Trihn Hansen of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality announced on Friday that the meeting was canceled so that the county can assess if the necessary county land-use permit is still…