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US Court of Appeals dismisses CAFO rehearing request
Jul 7, 2017, 15:46 PM
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Earlier this week a DC Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reconsider its decision that Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) should report their air emissions.
Dave Warner with the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says environmental groups sued the EPA over the exemption and in April the DC Court ruled the exemption couldn’t stand. In June NPPC and the US Poultry & Egg Association petitioned the court for a rehearing request arguing the lawsuit from the environmental groups lacked merit.
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