EPA Push To Remand AFO Emissions Reporting Waiver Sparks Court Clash

EPA’s request for a federal court to remand policies exempting animal feeding operations (AFOs) from reporting harmful air emissions under community right-to-know law while the agency reviews the issue is sparking a court clash, as environmentalists are urging the court to vacate the waiver while intervening farm groups are backing the agency. In their recent filings in Rural Empowerment Association for Community Help, et al., v. EPA, et al. , environmentalists urge the U.S. District Court for the District of...