Bill to change how Arkansas farms get permits draws EPA review Effect on federal rules, enforcement seen at issue in state-authority switch by Emily Walkenhorst | Today at 4:30 a.m. Federal environmental regulators are reviewing an Arkansas Senate bill that would change how hog farms and other farms are permitted, concerned that […]
Arkansas Times Governor expresses resistance to shift of pig waste regulation Posted By Max Brantley on Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 3:23 PM Gov. Asa Hutchinson has weighed in with resistance to the Farm Bureau legislation to ease regulation of liquid animal waste from the likes of factory hog farms by shifting oversight from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to the farmer-friendly Arkansas […]
KATV LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — An effort to move regulatory authority on liquid livestock waste permits over to another state entity is causing a stink at the Arkansas State Capitol. SB550, filed by Rep. Gary Stubblefield, R-Branch, would transfer permitting authority from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality to the Arkansas […]
KATV Liquid livestock waste permit transfer causing a stink at the Arkansas Capitol by Marine Glisovic LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — An effort to move regulatory authority on liquid livestock waste permits over to another state entity is causing a stink at the Arkansas State Capitol. SB550, filed by Rep. Gary Stubblefield, R-Branch, […]