The Environmental Protection Agency says, beginning November 15, the agency will require farmers to report air releases of hazardous substances from animal wastes.
According to the EPA website, in April, a DC Circuit Court vacated a 2008 EPA rule that had exempted farms from reporting if those farms confined fewer than a certain number of animals.
In response to a request from EPA, the DC Court extended until November 15 the date that farms have to start reporting these releases.
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