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Proposed Rule Environmental Assessment for Concentrated Animal Feeding
Operations (CAFOs)
Describes the environmental impacts caused by the industry.
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Note: This information is provided for reference purposes only.
Although the information provided here was accurate and current
when first created, it is now outdated.
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Supporting Documents
for the CAFO Final Rule
- Environmental Assessment of Proposed Revisions to the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System Regulation and the Effluent Guidelines
for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (EPA-821-B-01-001, January
2001)
Cover, Contents,
Summary, Chapters 1-3 (PDF, 339 KB)
- Executive Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Animal Waste Characteristics and Transport to Surface Waters
- 3. Potential Hazards from AFO Pollutants
Chapters 4-5,
References (PDF, 797 KB)
- 4. National and Local Impacts of Animal Agriculture
- 5. Effects of the Proposed Regulations
- References
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
(CAFO) Final Rule
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