CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS EPA: Needs More Information and a Clearly Defined Strategy to Protect Air and Water Quality from Pollutants of Concern.

UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency; ANIMAL feeding; ANIMAL waste; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); UNITED States. Government Accountability Office

The article focuses on the need for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) in the U.S. The EPA has not established a strategy for developing a model that considers the interaction and implications of all emission sources at an animal feeding operation. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that the agency should complete its inventory of permitted CAFCO.