Abstract:Public discontent with practices accompanying the production of food animals has led to requests to increase governmental oversight of pollutants. In the United States, special attention has focused on animal waste disposal practices at concentrated animal feeding operations. Communities concerned with environmental quality want to enact local ordinances to regulate objectionable activities. Simultaneously, state legislatures also regulate these activities, and a state comprehensive regulatory system may preem… Show more
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