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AG sues over dairy plans: Allensworth park would suffer, Brown says.

The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA)

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Byline: E.J. Schultz and Sarah Jimenez

Apr. 20--Tulare County violated state environmental laws in its recent approval of two dairies near the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, state Attorney General Jerry Brown charged in a lawsuit filed Thursday. With more than 12,000 cows, the dairies will generate more than 20 tons of manure a day and 10,000 gallons of waste water, threatening the historic integrity of the park, according to the suit.

"The enjoyment and experiences of visitors to Allensworth State Park will be compromised by the odors, flies and air and water pollution," Brown said in the suit. Named for a black Civil War hero, the park is a monument to the first and only town in California founded and run by blacks. The lawsuit seeks to block construction of the dairies and demands that the…

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