LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — State environmental regulators have issued public notice of a draft decision that would deny a permit for a large hog farm in the Buffalo River watershed.

The draft notice issued Monday by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality opens a public comment period on the decision to deny the operating permit to C&H Hog Farms. According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , the farm is now operating under an expired permit.

Opponents of the farm say it could pose a pollution risk to the Buffalo National River area in northern Arkansas, but supporters of the farm disagre...