INDUSTRY WARNS ARB FARMERS READY TO 'COME UNGLUED' OVER SB 700

Dairy industry representatives warned air board staff last week that farmers are poised to "come unglued" over staff's forthcoming decisions to subject large confined animal facilities (CAFs) to first-time permits and pollution control measures. Staff is collecting input from industry in its effort to define large CAFs by next summer, as required by a controversial 2003 law that lifted a decades-old Clean Air Act regulatory exemption for California agriculture facilities. Air Resources Board staff is required to review scientific information,...