EPA has apparently decided to drop its proposed CAFO reporting rule. The rule, which was published last October, required concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to report to EPA the overall size of the farm and the total available wastewater/sludge application area for disposing of the CAFO's wastewater. The proposed rule was the result of a settlement agreement between EPA and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Waterkeeper Alliance, and the Sierra Club. However, the settlement only required EPA to propose the rule, not to adopt it.
EPA's website indicates that it still intends to collect the information, but from other sources. Many commenters to the proposed rule had pointed out that EPA could get the information elsewhere -- like state NPDES programs -- instead of duplicating efforts and creating extra work for the regulated community.
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