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Senate committee delays DEQ rules to consider making swine CAFO moratorium in Buffalo River watershed permanent
Summary
DEQ proposed making a five‑year moratorium on large swine CAFO permits in the Buffalo River watershed permanent (Rule 5) and adding similar language to Rule 6 (NPDES). Committee members asked for more data and alternatives; committee voted to hold both rules for the next meeting for additional review and distribution of the proposed language to members.
The Department of Energy and Environment asked the Senate Public Health committee to make the temporary five‑year moratorium on certain large swine confined animal feeding operation (CAFO) permits in the Buffalo River watershed permanent and to add similar moratorium language in NPDES permitting (Rule 6).
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