Environmental Issues

CERCLA/EPCRA

  • Comments on EPA Proposal to Exempt Animal Waste from Administrative Reporting of Hazardous Substances Released into the Air - March 24, 2008
  • Federal Legislation: CERCLA/EPCRA - S 807/HR 1389

Dairy Environmental Handbook

  • Best Management Practices for Dairy Producers

EPA Air Consent Agreement & National Air Emissions Study

  • Update on Air Emission Study
  • EPA Consent Agreement
  • National Air Emissions Monitoring Study Summary
  • Purdue University
  • Environmental Update
  • Final Comments on EPA Air Consent Agreement

EPA's CAFO Rule

  • Comments to Proposed CAFO Rule - August 29, 2006
  • Summary of 2005 Court Decision on CAFO's
  • EPA's CAFO Rule Homepage
  • Comments to Revised Compliance Dates - January 20, 2006
  • Effluent Limitation Guidelines
  • Listing of Permitting Authorities
  • Is My Dairy Farm a CAFO?

Natural Resources Conservation Service

  • USDA Agricultural Air Quality Task Force
  • Environmental Quality Incentives Program
  • Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans

Total Maximum Daily Load

  • Details on TMDL

Particulate Matter

  • NMPF Comments to EPA
  • EPA's Proposed Rule
  • NMPF Summary of Proposed Rule

Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure

  • Backgrounder On How The Rule Affects Agriculture
  • Joint Letter to EPA On Proposed Rule Change
  • Flow Chart

Sustainability

  • Dairy Industry Comes Together in Sustainability Initiative to Encourage Innovation, Address Environmental Stewardship - April 17, 2008

Water Quality Website

  • Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center Website

Links

  • Producer Resources
  • Agency Links