Here are telephone numbers for some people, agencies and groups that have authority or interests in issues involving hog production. The area code is 919 unless otherwise noted.

Governor and administration

Gov. Jim Hunt: 733-4240

Citizen Affairs, 733-2391

State Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Graham: 733-7125

Secretary of Environment, Health and Natural Resources
Jonathan Howes: 715-4101

Deputy secretary for Environment and Natural Resources
Steve Levitas, 715-4103

Division of Environmental Management regional offices:
Wilmington, (910) 395-3900
Fayetteville, (910) 486-1541
Washington, 946-6481
Raleigh, 571-4700

General Assembly

Speaker of the House
Rep. Harold J. Brubaker, R-Randolph, 733-3451

Senate President Pro Tem
Sen. Marc Basnight, D-Manteo, 733-6854

Senate Committee on Agriculture and the Environment
Chairman Charles W. Albertson, D-Duplin: 733-5705

House Committee on Environment
Chairman John M. Nichols, R-Craven, 733-5787

House Agriculture Committee
Chairman John W. Brown, R-Wilkes, 733-5935

Justice Department

Attorney General
Michael F. Easley, 733-3377

Environmental Section
Daniel C. Oakley, senior deputy, 733-5725

Consumer Protection/Antitrust Section
Alan S. Hirsch, special deputy, 733-7741

Pork producers and farm groups

N.C. Pork Producers Association: 846-9758

N.C. Farm Bureau Federation: 782-1705

N.C. Cooperative Extension Service, 515-2811

Local and environmental groups

Alliance for a Responsible Swine Industry
Wilson County, 238-2684
Pender County, (910) 259 3279

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense Fund
Northampton County, 539-4076
Anson County, (704) 826-8116

Cape Fear River Watch
Wilmington, (910) 762-5606

Chatham Citizens for Responsible Development
Siler City, 663-2372

Halifax Environmental Loss Prevention /
Concerned Citizens of Tillery 826-3244

Institute for Southern Studies
Durham, 419-8311

Land Loss Prevention Project
Durham, 682-5969

Neuse River Foundation
New Bern, 637-7972

Sierra Club
Raleigh, 755-1329

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