Concentrated Animal Feed Operation Articles & Analysis
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Over the years, their operation has gone from four broiler houses to eight, all of which are run with the same systems and equipment to ensure consistency across theboard. ...
According to REACH, over the past 15-20 years, industrial animal operations have grown in Duplin County and the state as a whole, with North Carolina moving from fifteenth to second in hog production in the United States. REACH has worked with residents, researchers, government agencies and, in some cases, representatives from the industrial ...
To help provide answers as to why Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) are an important part of the poultry industry, U.S. ...
The provisions in the farm bill were intended to protect farmers who fear they would be targeted by animal advocacy groups. The House version, now part of negotiations with the Senate, would prevent the EPA from disclosing the addresses, among other identifying information, of an owner, operator or employee of an agricultural operation. ...
“This settlement is the first of its kind in Region 7 concentrated animal feeding operation enforcement,” EPA Regional Administrator Karl Brooks said. ...
EPA has reached an agreement with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to make changes to Iowa’s Clean Water Act (CWA) permit and compliance program for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The agreement includes specific actions IDNR intends to take to remedy the program and a timeline for ...
Environmental and animal welfare groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyon Wednesday, alleging the federal agency unlawfully scrapped a rule that would have authorized it to collect information from large-scale livestock confinement farms. ...
Spurred by investments in research and government subsidies for fertilizers and other farm technologies, China now feeds 22% of the world’s population on just 9% of its total arable land. ...
According to the agreement, EPA alleges that Cactus Hill discharged wastewater in violation of the concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) regulations under the Clean Water Act. These violations include the discharge of waste without a permit and inadequate waste containment. "Feedlots that operate close to ...
EPA is seeking public comment on the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ (IDNR) response to EPA’s initial findings from its informal investigation of IDNR’s permit and compliance program for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). IDNR submitted its response to EPA on Sept. 11, 2012, which outlines a ...
EPA’s inspection program for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), winter feeding areas, aerial overflights, medium-sized CAFOs, nutrient management plans and manure stockpiles will be discussed. ...
EPA’s initial findings from an informal investigation of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ (IDNR) permit program for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) disclose several correctable deficiencies. ...
EPA Region 7 representatives will host a public informational meeting for livestock producers about the Agency’s inspection program for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) on Monday, July 2, in Lexington, Neb. ...
Petersen-Bubke was confining approximately 1,050 cattle at the time of the inspection, which made it subject to regulation as a large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO). However, the feedlot did not have a necessary National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit, nor had it applied for one, as required ...
A new water discharge permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) will help protect Idaho’s rivers, lakes and streams from animal waste, according to the U.S. ...
The Kevin Basham Farm chicken broiler facility is a concentrated animal feeding operation located approximately five miles east of Arcadia on the south side of U.S. ...
The Mike Reeves 1 and Beaver Creek Farm chicken broiler facilities are concentrated animal feeding operations located approximately four miles east of Arcadia on the south side of U.S. ...
Among the violations discovered at the dairies subject to EPA’s orders were: failure to construct or maintain controls necessary to prevent manure and other contaminants from discharging into waterways failure to take reasonable steps to minimize or prevent discharges failure to develop and implement Engineered Waste Management Plans failure to conduct proper routine inspections of ...
EPA Region 7 announced today that it has issued administrative compliance orders to six concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, directing those operations to correct a range of violations of the federal Clean Water Act. ...
Environmental Protection Agency, the violations were noted during an inspection of RSC Dairy operations in January 2010. During that inspection, EPA and Oregon Department of Agriculture field personnel determined that animal waste had been discharged from the dairy into Hall Slough, a tributary to Wilson River which flows into Tillamook Bay. ...