In a new effort to clarify the breadth of exemptions for farm animal waste emission reporting, EPA has proposed a rule that exempts such emissions from the reporting requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community...more
11/16/2018
/ Agricultural Sector ,
CERCLA ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EPCRA ,
Exemptions ,
Farm Animals ,
Farms ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Public Comment ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Unduly Burdensome ,
Waste
On April 11, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D. C. Circuit vacated a 2008 EPA rule, which had exempted certain agricultural operations from federal air emission reporting requirements...more
5/11/2017
/ Agricultural Sector ,
Air Pollution ,
Appeals ,
CERCLA ,
Chevron Deference ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
EPCRA ,
Exemptions ,
Farms ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Vacated
On February 5, 2014, several news outlets reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") handed over permitting authority for greenhouse gases ("GHGs") to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality...more