Critics said that by adding the May 31 end date to the temporary moratorium on poultry feeding operation applications, the board created a situation that allows the poultry industry and its allies in the Legislature to essentially run out the clock without having to add any new regulations or protections.
The proposed consent decree would require steel distribution company Blue Tee and three of its top executives to pay a combined $75.5 million to seven states, three federal agencies and seven northeastern Oklahoma American Indian tribes.
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In June 2018, Oklahoma was the first state to have its coal ash program approved by the EPA.
Rep. Josh West said he does not believe his job conflicts with his duties as a state legislator or as a member of the new council to examine the growth of poultry farms in the state.
In Delaware County alone, the Department of Agriculture has issued licenses to 162 operators for 712 total chicken houses holding nearly 19.6 million birds, most of which go to Simmons Foods.
The Grand River Dam Authority will review the name lake named in honor of one of the founding members of the Ku Klux Klan.
The shifting piles of mining waste, collapsing mines, sinking grounds and toxic streams near the Tar Creek Superfund site ensure that change in the area is constant. One northeastern Oklahoma organization is hoping to see change for the better.
