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Hog farm ordered to pay for wetlands preservation

Submitted by WWAY on Wed, 07/25/2012 - 1:05pm.READ MORE:
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A Columbus County hog farm operator has been ordered to pay $1.5 million in fines and restitution for violations of the federal Clean Water Act. Full story...
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FIRST ON 3: Columbus Co. hog farm pleads guilty to dumping waste into stream

Submitted by WWAY on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 1:55pm.READ MORE:
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Freedman Farms, Inc. and its president, William B. Freedman, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in New Bern to violating the Clean Water Act when they discharged hog waste into a stream that leads to the Waccamaw River. Full story...
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