Clock starts for suit over EPA’s EPCRA waiver for AFO air reporting

EPA has published in the Federal Register its final rule exempting animal feeding operations (AFOs) from reporting their air emissions under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA), starting a Clean Air Act 60-day clock for environmentalists and other critics to file legal challenges. The rule appears in the June 13 Register and formalizes an earlier guidance establishing a waiver on EPCRA reporting of animal waste air emissions. Earthjustice and other environmental groups are already pursuing a...