LANDMARK OKLAHOMA CAFO LITIGATION FACES SUPREME COURT HURDLE

The state of Oklahoma's efforts to hold concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) liable under federal Superfund law for animal wastes is facing a challenge from its neighboring state of Arkansas, which is asking the Supreme Court to intervene on constitutional grounds. The dispute between the states comes as increased attention is being focused on the applicability of Superfund to CAFO wastes. Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) in recent years has repeatedly tried to amend Superfund to exclude such wastes from the...