Environmentalists' Suit Revives Battle Over Air Reporting Duty For AFOs

Environmentalists' new lawsuit seeking to force EPA's release of documents related to its policy on air emissions reporting by animal feeding operations (AFOs) revives a battle over whether the facilities need to report emissions under emergency release and community right-to-know law, hinting at future litigation over that fight. In their suit filed Sept. 14 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Waterkeeper Alliance and Sierra Club ask the court to force EPA's release within 20 days...