IN 11TH-HOUR MEETING WITH OMB, FARM GROUPS URGE NARROW CAFO MANDATES

The agriculture industry is urging White House Office of Management & Budget (OMB) officials to back narrow permitting requirements in EPA's concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) rule, as the office is completing its review of changes the agency made to the regulation to comply with a federal appellate decision, industry sources say. The push comes amid growing pressure from environmentalists to include provisions in a final CAFO rule that some agriculture industry sources believe go beyond a decision last year...