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A 5 page paper discussing points of American Canoe Association v. Murphy Farms, No. 02-1501, 326 F.3d 505; 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 7158; 56 ERC (BNA) 1545; 33 ELR 20175, 4thCir, (2003) as they relate to the Clean Water Act and to commercial swine production. The American Canoe Association, Professional Paddlesports Association and Conservation Council of North Carolina brought suit against Murphy Farms and D.M. Farms of Rose Hill, both commercial pork producers in North Carolina. Plaintiffs' complaint was that the hog farms had polluted surrounding bodies of water in violation of the Clean Water Act. The courts have agreed with plaintiffs on several points. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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A case spanning five years time most recently was heard in North Carolinas Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The American Canoe Association, Professional Paddlesports Association and Conservation Council of
North Carolina brought suit against Murphy Farms and D.M. Farms of Rose Hill, both commercial pork producers in North Carolina. Plaintiffs complaint was that the hog farms had polluted
surrounding bodies of water in violation of the Clean Water Act. The courts have agreed with plaintiffs on several points. Background Disposing of Hog Waste
North Carolina is the nations second-leading pork producer, following only Iowa in total production. The value of North Carolina production in 1999 was $1.3 billion a
year (Herrera, 1999). Swine production is notoriously obnoxious to residents of the surrounding area when accomplished on a commercial scale. Hogs typically live on concrete in swine houses
and produce a great deal of solid waste. That waste is dumped into a water-filled lagoon nearby, where it collects rainfall and the waste "ripens" for several months.
At the end of that period, the liquid is pumped out to be used as liquid fertilizer on crops on the same farm or for other uses. In 1999,
the volume quantity of North Carolinas hog lagoons was estimated to be 37 billion gallons (Herrera, 1999). Natural Systems As organic solid waste,
the chemical makeup of the slurry contained in lagoons is rich in nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, the three primary macronutrients required for plant growth. The smell created by the
process is highly objectionable, but the point of pollution that gains the attention of the public, lawmakers and the judiciary is that which occurs when lagoon contents spill into nearby
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