Features Environment Environment Protection Protection Regulations State Sustainability
Comments on WA manure lagoon regs flood in

October 29, 2015, Olympia, WA — The Washington Department of Ecology compiled comments totaling 5,000 pages on its proposal to regulate manure lagoons, a policy that agriculture groups and individual farmers warn will bankrupt some producers, particularly small dairies.

Environmentalists largely praised DOE for increasing the number of producers who would need permits to confine any number of livestock for at least 45 days over 12 months. READ MORE