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Large livestock farms to report air emissions
Nov 9, 2017, 16:24 PM
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Next week some livestock farms will be required to begin reporting air emissions to the EPA.
All Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) large enough to emit more than 100 pounds per day of ammonia or hydrogen sulfide need to notify the agency by November 15th to meet new air emission standards.
A D.C. court ruled in favor of environmental groups in April, finding a 2008 EPA exemption for all but the largest CAFOs from reporting releases of hazardous substances to be illegal.
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