Buffalo River Watershed Alliance v. Department of Agriculture

ELR Citation: 44 ELR 20255
No(s). 4:13-cv-450 (E.D. Ark. Dec 2, 2014) (Marshall Jr., J.)

A district court held that the Farm Service Agency and the Small Business Administration violated NEPA and the ESA when they guaranteed loans to a hog farm without adequately assessing the farm's environmental impact. The farm, which houses 6,500 swine, is located near a tributary of the Buffalo Nat...