The watershed moratorium is stalled in the legislative committee due to the lack of a second motion

A motion to stay proceedings so members of the Arkansas Legislative Council Rules Subcommittee could decide on changes to a Pollution Control and Ecology Commission rule that would permanently ban hog farms in the Buffalo River watershed was not granted a second one, meaning the subcommittee failed to suspend the proceedings. take action this month.

The lack of a second one also meant that a rule regarding liquid animal waste from the Department of Agriculture, which also contained language making the moratorium permanent, could not be considered by subcommittee members. This rule sparked separate opposition from environmentalists after removing certain public notice requirements previously required in state law, despite their support for other parts of the rule related to the hog farm moratorium.