National Ag News

The recent settlement between the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Pork Producers Federation, and the EPA will prevent the government from releasing personal data under the Freedom of Information Act.  Farm Bureau’s lead attorney Danielle Quist tells Brownfield the appeals court didn’t mince words and told the EPA it overstepped its authority.  “The case had been sent back to the district court in Minnesota, and the question that would have been before that court was how or whether to issue a permanent injunction so that EPA couldn’t release the personal information, so this settlement eliminates the need for us to go to court and we were able to spell out exactly what information should and should not be released.”

Now, the EPA can only release the city, county, five-digit zip code, and permit status of a farm operation. 

Continue reading AFBF, NPPC, EPA Privacy settlement details released at Brownfield Ag News.