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Database of Complaints and Enforcement for Livestock Operations in Ohio
by Chris Cole
New EIP report details problems with ODA's enforcement and permitting of CAFOs and argues against U.S. EPA authorizing ODA to issue and enforce Clean Water Act permits.
Oct 23, 2006

As part of the background research for "Giving Away the Farm", EIP compiled a master database of all known enforcement actions and complaints related to livestock operations in Ohio from documents and electronic files provided by Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in response to public records requests. The database may reflect certain inconsistencies, defects, or omissions in these source materials that were beyond EIP's control, such as variant spellings of facility names, changes in ownership, or attribution of pollution incidents to crop farmers rather than waste producers. The database is organized alphabetically by facility name, with permitted facilities signified by boldface type.

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