Department of Homeland Security stated that it had no records of communications with North Carolina pork farm stakeholders. American Oversight sought these records because of the environmental and health risks North Carolina pork farms posed in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

FOIA to DHS seeking communications with the National Pork Producers Council, The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, and The North Carolina Pork Council regarding the risks posed by hog lagoons following Hurricane Florence.