rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/tell-ncdeq-general-permits-entrench-a-flawed-system?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-tell-ncdeq-general-permits-entrench-a-flawed-system' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Sound Rivers https://actionnetwork.org/groups/sound-rivers https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/445/963/original/CAFOS_BANNER_IMAGE.jpg Currently, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has six General Permits up for renewal, all having to do with how animal waste is managed in North Carolina. They are all open for public comment. The draft Swine General Permit and the Swine Biogas Permit do not address systemic issues and fail to incorporate sufficient regulations to confidently prevent waste from leaking from, spilling into and running off concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) into our waterways. NCDEQ needs to know that by perpetuating outdated systems and the harm they cause to low-income communities and communities of color, as well as allowing facilities previously cited for polluting to continue operation under a General Permit, the new permits only entrench a flawed system polluting our waterways and harming our communities. We can do better. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-ncdeq-general-permits-entrench-a-flawed-system/