Arkansas Environmental Agency Denies Hog Farm’s Permit
From 5NewsOnline
The state Department of Environmental Quality denied a northern Arkansas hog farm’s request for a new operating permit in the Buffalo National River’s watershed.
The department cited a lack of critical information provided in C&H Hog Farms’ permit application in their announcement Wednesday, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported .
C&H Hog Farms applied almost two years ago for a new permit on liquid animal waste systems for the farm near Mount Judea. The farm has been operating on an indefinite extension of its expired permit.
The farm’s attorney, Bill Waddell, called the permit denial “incomprehensible.”
Photo credit: Kat Wilson.
Researchers at the University of Arkansas and the US Geological Survey recently published an open-access article on their water quality monitoring project associated with the hog farm:
“Nutrient Concentrations in Big Creek Correlate to Regional Watershed Land Use”
