A Freedom of Information Act exemption, written into law that regulates farm waste, prohibits....Delaware... citizen(s) -- from viewing farm soil- and manure-testing records kept for each poultry farm in the state.
also: In Wilmington, FOIA loopholes threaten to bar citizens from learning more about government responses to foul odors plaguing their neighborhoods.
The Delaware Solid Waste Authority contends that a lawsuit between it and the contractor that operates the Cherry Island landfill-gas collection system appears to be reason enough to withhold from The News Journal and from citizens records of public complaints about odors emanating from the landfill.