Democrats push bills to cut down on animal manure pollution
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LANSING, Mich. — Democrats on Wednesday introduced bills in the state Legislature aimed at cutting down pollution from large animal feeding farms.
Environmentalists have been seeking ways to reduce hazards from so-called concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, for the past few years. Roughly 250 of Michigan’s 53,000 farms are considered to be CAFOs _ an operation with a large, concentrated number of cattle, pigs, sheep, turkeys or chickens.
The legislation would put a moratorium on the opening of new large feeding operations. The Department of Environmental Quality also could get more power over the farms, including permits and a more detailed evaluation of the current operations in the state.
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