Enhanced Oregon CAFO Inspections Clear Key Committee | Capital Press
In this article, Mateusz Perkowski discusses how the Oregon Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources voted unanimously Thursday to approve Senate Bill 1513. This bill would require a preliminary and final inspection of large CAFOs before they begin operating.
“A bill backed by Oregon’s dairy industry that would heighten inspection requirements for building large “confined animal feeding operations” has passed a key legislative committee.
At a Feb. 13 hearing, the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources voted unanimously to approve Senate Bill 1513, which would require a preliminary and final inspection of large CAFOs before they begin operating.
Oregon’s farm and water regulators would also have to determine that large CAFOs — those with more than 2,500 mature dairy cows — have legal and reliable water supplies before animals are brought to the facilities.
The bill will now be considered by the Senate Rules Committee, which isn’t subject to legislative deadlines affecting other committees. […]”
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