(NAFB) – Two dozen environmental and consumer groups are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate large dairy and hog farms under federal air pollution laws.
Groups like the Sierra Club and the Government Accountability Project say in their petition that “The EPA has the duty and authority to regulate these methane super-emitters under the Clean Air Act as part of the administration’s larger strategy to prevent catastrophic and irreversible climate change.”
A Successful Farming article says the petition points out that the EPA could use the same section of the Clean Air Act to set air pollution limits on industrial hog and dairy farms that it used to propose carbon emission limits on power plants. The petition calls for regulations on operations with at least 500 cows or 1,000 hogs in place without access to pasture.
Petition Asks EPA to Regulate Large Livestock Farms
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A 75-page petition asking the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take more action to keep large animal farms responsible for large amounts of pollution emitted from their facilities was filed with the EPA on Tuesday.
The petition was signed by 25 organizations that advocate for the environment and rural communities, including the Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, Government Accountability Project, Public Justice Foundation, and the Sierra Club. It asked the EPA to add “industrial dairy and hog operations” to the list of stationary sources of pollution under the Clean Air Act (CAA) arguing that the operations fit the standard to be included. Specifically, they asked the EPA to address farms with 500 cows or 1,000 hogs without a pasture and with a procedure of liquefying manure.
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iStock: deyanarobova Two dozen environmental and consumer groups, including the Sierra Club and Government Accountability Project, petitioned the EPA on Tuesday to regulate large dairy and hog operations under federal air pollution laws. “The EPA has the duty and authority to regulate these methane super-emitters under the Clean Air Act as part of the administration’s larger strategy to prevent catastrophic and irreversible climate change,” said the groups. Agriculture generally is exempt from air and water pollution laws. The petition said the EPA could use the same section of the Clean Air Act to establish air pollution limits on industrial hog and dairy farms that it used several years ago to propose carbon emission limits on power plants. The petition called for regulation of facilities that house at least 500 cows or 1,000 hogs without access to pasture. Those large farms account for 13% of all U.S. emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas, according to the groups
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