Animal Waste and Water Quality : EPA's Response to the Waterkeeper Alliance Court Decision on Regulation of CAFOs.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural pollution.

Livestock.

Water--Pollution.

Water.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (16 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Describes major features of the 2003 Clean Water Act rule to govern discharges from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Discusses parts of the rule addressed by 2005 Federal court decision in Waterkeeper Alliance et al. v. EPA and EPA response to the court through proposed regulatory revisions in June 2006. Provides an overview of comments on the June 2006 proposal that were submitted by several varied interest groups, including the livestock and poultry industry, States, and environmentalists.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Animal Waste and Water Quality

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