WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed, among other things, to promulgate a new national Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) rule to address pollution discharges from livestock and poultry farms.
The agency's June 6 announcement provided details of a new agreement which arises from the 2010 settlement to a lawsuit brought by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and partners,
The U.S. poultry industry released the following statement in response to the agreement:
“The National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation and U.S. Poultry & Egg Association support EPA’s collection of more data to verify the. . .
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