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Bush Exempts Farms From EPA Clean Air Rules

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EPA Exempts Factory Farms From Emissions Reporting Rule [noxious gases caused by animal waste....]
Wall Street Journal ^


EPA Exempts Factory Farms From Emissions Reporting Rule

By STEPHEN POWER

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration exempted certain large factory farms from a requirement to report emissions of noxious gases caused by animal waste, angering environmentalists and delivering another policy victory to business interests before President-elect Barack Obama and his environmental team take office.

Under a rule change announced Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency will allow so-called concentrated animal feeding operations -- large scale factory farms -- not to disclose to authorities when air emissions of hazardous substances like ammonia and hydrogen sulfide exceed certain levels when the source of those emissions is manure.

The agency's move, in the works for a year, has stirred opposition from environmental groups and some members of Congress who worry that the EPA lacks information and a clear strategy for regulating mega-farms that have stirred controversy in some communities because of concerns about foul odors and water pollution.

In a statement Friday, the EPA said the rule change would "enable authorities to better focus their attention on hazardous substance releases that require a response, while reducing reporting burdens on America's farms."


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