Report Says State Program to Regulate Feedlots Needs Stronger EPA Oversight

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ATLANTA-The Region 4 office of the Environmental Protection Agency should strengthen its oversight of Georgia's water pollution control program for concentrated animal feeding operations, the EPA inspector general said in an evaluation report released June 24. The inspector general found "significant deficiencies" in state and federal oversight of the program, according to the report. In 2010, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division and Region 4 both gave Georgia's program a positive assessment because the state reported that 48 of the CAFO's with liquid manure waste were inspected in that year. But in the review, the inspector general found deficiencies at 34 of the 48 CAFOs inspected by Georgia, according to the report.