But the county Board of Supervisors has rejected Piscitell's first proposal, arguing that the additional traffic would create unacceptable noise and air pollution and hamstring the county's ability to develop nearby land.

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They also cited issues of potential noise, air pollution, increased traffic and a loss of privacy.

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As hydraulic fracturing for natural gas has boomed in recent years, so too have the ranks of local activists, spurred by the new noise, air, traffic, and water pollution in their backyards.

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But villagers say the dairy will be too close to their homes and the school, and objections have been raised about noise, the smell, flies, pollution, increased traffic, the size of the development and its visual impact.

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