FARMERS BLAST CALIFORNIA PROPOSAL ON REGULATING ANIMAL EMISSIONS

Agriculture industry organizations are livid over a California Air Resources Board (CARB) draft proposal that defines large dairies and cattle ranches for the purposes of permitting and mitigation requirements, arguing the definition is based on incomplete science and overstates the industry's impact on air quality. The definition is a key benchmark in the first-time regulation of farms that until recently have been exempted from Clean Air Act rules, and comes at a time when EPA is trying to figure out...