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AR hog-manure permit ruled flawed, fixable


January 9, 2017  by Arkansas Online

January 9, 2017, Little Rock, AR – The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality erred in not requiring EC Farms to apply for a separate permit to apply up to 6.7 million gallons of hog manure to land located in the Buffalo National River watershed, an administrative law judge ruled recently.

But the existing permit, which was modified rather than canceled and applied for anew, can stand if the department issues a new tracking number to create a new permit and Ellis Campbell, owner of EC Farms, pays a fee for a new permit. READ MORE

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