Under a modified deal with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the federal Environmental Protection Agency won’t revise or expand current pollution control rules for large animal operations - like the Eastern Shore’s chicken farms - as it agreed to do in a 2010 court-approved settlement.
The new plan, announced Wednesday, requires EPA to launch an examination of concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO, regulations.
It will also inspect farm operations around the bay watershed to see if current rules are working and whether tougher or expanded regulations are necessary. The new deal is a step away from a specific task the EPA was charged with to facilitate cleanup of the bay.
The previous agreement settled a lawsuit by the CBF and others who sued the EPA for not working harder to clean up the bay.
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ReplyDeleteSo what is the new rain tax money going to be spent on? Kinda makes you wonder, since there's no new rules to implement, no litigation to pay for. and absolutely no knowledge or plan on how to clean up the Bay! Isn't that just peachy? All this new revenue and nowhere to spend it!
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