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Information and Resources
America’s Animal Factories: How States Fail to Prevent Pollution from Livestock Waste
This Natural Resources Defense Council report describes the environmental and public health impacts of pollution generated by factory farms. Includes activist contacts and resources.
General Permit Requirements for Confined Animal Feeding Operations in Virginia
From the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. (July 1996)
State Information
Provides state legislative information along with documents related to state and local government. (Washburn University School of Law)
US Farms – State Fact Sheets
Links for each state, with current information about farm size, financial status, rural employment, land use, and more. (USDA)
State and Local Government
- County Links for Virginia
- Virginia Air Quality Division
- Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (ACS)
- Virginia ACS Agricultural Stewardship
- Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation: Soil and Water Conservation Programs
- Virginia DCS Soil and Water Conservation Programs: Best Management Practices
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
- Virginia Department of Natural Resources
- Virginia Department of Health
- Virginia Ground Water Protection Steering Committee – An advisory committee formed to stimulate, strengthen, and coordinate groundwater protection activities in Virginia.
- Virginia DEQ Water Programs
Groups
Southern Environmental Law Center
SELC is one of the nation’s leading organizations working to bring industrial hog and poultry factory farms under strong environmental and public health controls.
Regulations
Administrative Code 9:25-31-130
VPDES Permit Regulations for CAFOs
Administrative Code 9:25-192
General Permits for CAFOs
Halifax County Swine CAFO ordinance (1999)
Water Quality Regulations
Information about water quality regulations and permits from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
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