EPA Drops Planned Water Act Rule To Require CAFO Data Reporting

摘要

EPA is withdrawing its proposed rule requiring concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to report key data directly to the agency, abandoning a proposal that environmentalists have long championed as among the most cost-effective means of reducing water pollution from animal feedlots but which industry charged was illegal. The agency announced July 13 that it would be withdrawing its Oct.