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A New Oregon Permit for Industrial Farms Violates the Clean Water Act, Advocates Allege
Four organizations filed a lawsuit against the state over what plaintiffs say is a failure to adequately monitor and prevent CAFOs from illegally discharging waste into ground and surface water.
By Claire Barber
In Tillamook County, Oregon, the smell of manure wafts through the air. Here, over 80 concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, many of them dairies, dot the landscape.