Under OMB Pressure, EPA Shelves Plan Requiring AFO Emissions Reporting

EPA has dropped a draft proposed rule to impose air emissions reporting requirements on animal feeding operations (AFOs) under community right-to-know law, after pushback from White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) officials concerned about the plan’s practicality. Sources say the agency will proceed instead with an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to help guide its approach. OMB Oct. 27 completed interagency review of EPA’s March draft proposal that sought to rescind a 2019 Trump EPA rule that...