Lawsuit challenges permit regulating 300 factory farms in Oregon

Groups sue Oregon over new CAFO permit

Four environmental and food advocacy groups sued Oregon regulators last week alleging that the state’s new water quality permits for large-scale animal farms fail to protect waterways and do not include adequate monitoring. The groups — the Willamette Riverkeeper, Food & Water Watch, Center for Food Safety and Animal Legal Defense Fund — say that the new regulations do not meet national standards under the Clean Water Act and will allow concentr…

Lawsuit challenges permit regulating 300 factory farms in Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Environmental watchdogs are calling for a review of the general factory farm permit that regulates more than 300 sites in Oregon. Willamette Waterkeeper, Food & Water Watch, the Center for Food Safety and Animal Legal Defense Fund filed the lawsuit last week in Multnomah County Circuit Court against the Oregon Department [...]