DEMOCRATS ARGUE SUPERFUND LAW ESSENTIAL TO REGULATING CAFOS

Key House Democrats are fighting a legislative push to exempt agricultural air emissions from Superfund law by arguing that the cleanup statute provides certain protections that are not available under air and water laws. But the legislative fight over the issue is likely to be deferred until 2006, after failed attempts to attach the legislative exemption as a rider to appropriations legislation, congressional sources say. Congress is considering whether to exempt manure from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) from cleanup...