> kneem posted > EPA Works Out Secret Deal with Factory Farms > > Perhaps taking its cue from the Cheney Energy Task Force, the EPA has > been holding secret meetings with the agribusiness industry this year, > putting together a "sweetheart deal" with lobbyists to exempt factory > farms from Clean Air Act and Superfund regulations
I don't know much about secret meetings, etc, but there has been a moratorium on hog farming in NC for several years due to some of this type of stuff. (Lots of hogs 'round here) There has been concerns about hog lagoons, etc. I know that NC State has been doing joint research with the hog farms to try and clean things up. There has been a 4-5 year goal on the project. I am not sure if it is related, but I heard there has been some promising research that Ash (IIRC) trees are a natural filter (for lack of a better word) when planted in proximity to lagoons, processing the nitrates in groves of trees. With all the different things they were trying I think there could be lots of options outside of just plain old "deal making".
Dee
Wasn't the problem in NC highlighted when there were floods down there a few years ago? Lots of the lagoons were overflowed, some washed away completely, spreading waste down stream. I know a few cases locally where the feds gave plans, money and contracted the jobs to build holding pools and they failed within years from poor design and construction.
Kevin T. - VRWC Everyone wants their babe and eat him too
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