"WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency won't adopt a proposed rule that would have required large livestock farms to report information about their operations."
"The EPA announced late Friday that it instead would collect information on concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, from other state, local and federal sources."
The Associated Press had the story July 13, 2012.
SEE ALSO:
"EPA Pulls CAFO Reporting Rule" (Penton Business Media)
"Producers React To EPA's Withdrawal of CAFO Reporting Rule" (Agri-Pulse)
"EPA Holds Outreach Meeting To Discuss CAFO Inspection Activities" (High Plains Journal)
"EPA: CAFO Flyovers Are Nothing New" (Midwest Producer)
"Barbara Boxer Wins Fight on EPA Overflights of Farmland, Beats Back Drone Charges" (San Francisco Chronicle)
"New Confined Feeding Rules Require Operational Changes" (National Hog Farmer)
"EPA Lets CAFOs Off the Hook, Drops Farm Waste Reporting Rule" (Food Integrity Campaign)
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