Source: Lynn Bonner, NEWS & OBSERVER, 5/28/19


New requirements for industrial hog farms intended to reduce water pollution would not take effect this year as intended under the state Senate’s proposed budget. The regulations, set to begin Oct. 1, would be delayed until Oct. 1, 2020, in the Senate budget plan released Tuesday. Every five years, the state Department of Environmental Quality revises permit requirements for hog farms with more than 250 animals that use pits and sprayfields to dispose of hog waste.

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