The North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation is urging the state’s highest court to steer clear of a dispute involving conditions tied to state animal waste permits. The Farm Bureau is
The North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation is urging the state’s highest court to steer clear of a dispute involving conditions tied to state animal waste permits. The Farm Bureau is battling the Department of Environmental Quality in the court case.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is asking the state’s highest court to review a case dealing with disputed animal waste permit conditions. The case pits DEQ against the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is asking the state’s highest court to review a case dealing with disputed animal waste permit conditions. The case pits DEQ against the
A unanimous panel of the state Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, and against the state Department of Environmental Quality, in a dispute over animal waste permits. Appellate judges agreed Tuesday with the Farm Bureau that three conditions tied to general animal-waste permits adopted in 2019 were state rules. None of the three conditions proceeded through the state’s official rule-making process in the Administrative Procedure Act. All of those conditions are invalid.