Waterkeepers Comment on Water Quality Rules in North Carolina
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
In August, a group of Waterkeepers
from North Carolina and Waterkeeper
Alliance submitted their second set of comments
on the increasingly divisive issue of surface
water and ground water monitoring rules for
animal feeding operations (AFOs) proposed in
North Carolina. The Waterkeepers support
implementation of rules that efficiently and
effectively determining when animal waste is
being illegally discharged from AFOs. They also
believe that an appropriately targeted set of
rules will provide the degree of accountability
necessary for the state's AFO producers to
demonstrate compliance with the state and
federal zero-discharge standard.
Click
here to read the Waterkeepers' comment
document.
More information:
General
Statutes from North Carolina's Division of
Water Quality Animal Feeding Operations
Unit
U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's Effluent
Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding
Operations
