AGRICULTURE SECTOR FORMS LOBBYING GROUP TO PUSH CAFO EXEMPTION BILLS

Major agricultural industry groups have formed a new lobbying coalition called Farmers for Clean Air and Water to press Congress to exempt large farming operations from reporting and other requirements under the Superfund law and Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), according to industry and congressional sources. The group has hired a lobbying firm headed by former House Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Livingston (R-LA) to lobby on their behalf. The industry recently formalized the coalition, which had previously existed...