31. The emergency order will give state environmental regulators time to consider permit applications by Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, which wants to build two huge hog farms. 32. The plan to accommodate protesters involves a permit application for a half-dozen designated zones near Olympic venues. 33. The permit applications from the animal rights groups were for areas outside the designated protest zones. 34. They have since returned home to Brazil to await the outcome of the work permit application. |