Environmental Protection Agency confirms the current system of federal, state and local requirements already in place under the Clean Water Act is working effectively.
Environmental Protection Agency determines that more restrictive federal wastewater regulations and new cost burdens would be harmful for US meat and poultry processing operations.
United States District Court for the District of Columbia order confirms a reporting exemption for air emissions from the natural breakdown of animal waste at a farm.
Decision comes more than 20 years after USPOULTRY, National Turkey Federation and National Chicken Council formally requested that EPA exempt poultry farms from the requirement to report the emission of ammonia under CERCLA and EPCRA.