Restricted waste management systems, except land application, from 100 year flood plains. Required the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to make recommendations on Integrator Liability. Required the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop a plan for the General Assembly by May 1 of this year to phase out anaerobic swine lagoons and sprayfields. Plus various other point and non-point source pollution provisions. Lessons Learned and Solutions Farmers should be allowed to make a fair living and chose how they do it, but their systems should be sustainable to society and our natural resources.
Issues surround life and quality of life.
After various yearly changes since 1993, North Carolina took some bold steps in 1997. Allowed for local zoning of large swine facilities. Called for the phase-out of waste management technology that posed too great a threat to our air and water quality. Called for a plan that would draw integrators into the management of animal waste, and the policing of that waste management, and liability for both. This should say something to other states and national policy makers.