Top NC court could blunt sue-and-settle environmental schemes
A case pitting North Carolina's environmental regulators against the Farm Bureau could have far-reaching impacts.
The North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation is urging the state’s highest court to steer clear of a dispute involving conditions tied to state animal waste permits. The Farm Bureau is battling the Department of Environmental Quality in the court case.
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is asking the state’s highest court to review a case dealing with disputed animal waste permit conditions. The case pits DEQ against the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation.
A unanimous panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has blocked a lower court ruling that would have allowed state environmental regulators to move forward with disputed animal waste regulations. The panel issued an order Thursday granting a temporary stay to the N.C. Farm Bureau Federation.