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U.S. EPA proposes easing reporting requirements for factory farms |
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21 Dec 2007 |
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| Posted at 3:28 PM on 21 Dec 2007 The U.S. EPA has proposed a "better approach" to making factory farms report their levels of air-polluting emissions -- don't make 'em report them at all! Under a proposal put forth today, commercial livestock operations would not have to report hazardous chemical pollution if the source was animal waste. The rule change, which would exempt Big Ag from three separate l ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Big Ag, news, regulation, US EPA (all these topics) |
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