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ADEQ announced it will be hosting a public meeting in Jasper, AR on Weds., May 8 at 6 pm at the Carroll Electric building to discuss the hog farm.

Carroll Electric Building, Highway 7, Jasper, AR

Anyone interested in the issue is invited to attend. The more the better!

MissEllie, The permit has been given and from what I understand will not be revoked.
They sure pick the right time to have such a meeting. I can only wonder why at this point.

aka Bob

The issue is not dead in the water... pun intended.

There appears to have been some issues in the process & it may still be possible to stop it. Keeping the public pressure & attention up will help.

Also, just like in South Carolina, they come in with one & if no one cares they pop up all over. South Carolina only stopped them after they tried to put one in next to a fancy country club. SC rivers have been damaged very badly by these farms. Same in other states - Arkansas looks like easy picking to them.

This web site has some of the documents & issues lined out. http://buffaloriveralliance.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm not giving up without one heck of a hissy fit!

This one hopes that Kevin Cheri can be there to give his agency's input. It is bad enough that this district is taking a beating from the Washington power wrangling (at the same time five more new site designations are being added to the restricted budget), but I cannot see how this proposal could have anything but negative effects on the river and environment.

Thanks for the glimmer of hope MissEllie. I will keep up hope for the right decision to be made. Still hard to believe it happened at all.

aka Bob