科罗拉多工厂化农场粪肥许可诉讼开庭听审 州政府列为被告
据公共新闻服务（Public News Service）10月13日报道，科罗拉多州一宗涉及工厂化养殖场地下水与粪肥处理许可的诉讼当天在法院举行听审，州长波利斯领导的州政府被列为被告一方。
提起诉讼的环保与社区团体主张，州政府核发的粪肥处理许可未能充分评估养殖场排放对地下水的影响，要求法院审查许可的合规性。州政府方面则为现行许可程序辩护。
科罗拉多州大型畜牧养殖场的粪肥储存与还田一直伴随地下水硝酸盐污染争议，州环保部门负责相关许可的审批与监管。
法官在听审后未当庭裁决，案件后续审理时间由法院另行排定。
Colorado Court Hears Factory Farm Manure Permit Case Naming State as Defendant
A Colorado court held a hearing Oct. 13 in a lawsuit over groundwater and manure-management permits for factory farms, with Gov. Jared Polis's administration named as a defendant, Public News Service reported.
Environmental and community groups that brought the suit argue the state's manure permits fail to adequately assess the operations' impact on groundwater and are asking the court to review the permits' legality. The state is defending its permitting process.
Manure storage and land application at large livestock operations in Colorado have long been tied to disputes over nitrate contamination of groundwater, and the state environmental agency oversees the permits at issue.
The judge did not rule from the bench, and further proceedings will be scheduled by the court.
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