Judge Upholds EPA Release Of Farm Operational Data To Environmentalists

A federal judge has upheld EPA's decision to release operational information about concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in response to environmentalists' Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, finding that agriculture groups lack standing to challenge the data release because they could not prove they were harmed by EPA's action. In a Jan. 27 order , Judge Ann Montgomery of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota rejects arguments from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) and the National...