An environmental group sued Colorado’s air-pollution regulators Thursday for failing to issue a timely permit to Cargill Meat Solutions, which operates a large slaughterhouse and packing facility in Fort Morgan that releases tons of harmful chemicals into the air each year.

The lawsuit, filed by the Center for Biological Diversity in Morgan County District Court, alleges the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Air Pollution Control Division is nearly 18 months late in approving Cargill’s Title V air-pollution permit.

The center is asking a judge to order the division to approve the permit within 90 days of a favorable ruling and to maintain jurisdiction until the division complies.

It is the second lawsuit the center has filed this year against the Air Pollutio

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