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The AFO General Discharge Permit- Inspecting and Recordkeeping

Sarah Everhart

Sep 27, 2016
5 min

The AFO General Discharge Permit- Inspecting and Recordkeeping

By Sarah Everhart Recently I posted about the modified AFO General Discharge Permit and, due to the number of questions that came in about the self-inspection requirements, I have decided to address this topic again and specifically what growers need to be inspecting and recording to be in compliance with the permit. Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) inspectors will look for these records during their compliance inspections of animal feeding operations (AFOs). To

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Nov 5, 2015
2 min

Weekly News Roundup: November 6th Edition

By Mayhah Suri Senate blocks Federal Water Quality Protection Act (S. 1140) to revise WOTUS, but will debate its elimination Senators on Tuesday voted narrowly to block a measure that would revise the Waters of the U.S. regulation, though the legislators voted to proceed on consideration of a resolution that would effectively eliminate the rule completely. After the bill was blocked, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, offered S.J. Res 22 to eliminate the Waters of the U.S. rule entirel

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Reporting Exemption for Animal Feeding Operations Challenged

Paul Goeringer

Apr 23, 2015
2 min

Reporting Exemption for Animal Feeding Operations Challenged

I’ve been on a kick here lately of updating you on recent litigation. That trend continues today. On April 15, a coalition of environmental and animal welfare groups filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) challenging a Bush administration decision to exempt large animal feeding operations from reporting emissions of hazardous substances into the air. EPA has yet to respond to the coalition’s petition, so at this time I’m only going to look at the coali

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