Groups sue EPA in an effort to strengthen oversight of livestock operations

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  • Source:
    AP Regional State Report - California, 09/11/2023
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    • Abstract:
      DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups is seeking to force the Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its regulation of large livestock operations that release pollutants into waterways.Food & Water Watch and a dozen other environmental and community groups filed a lawsuit Friday in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. The lawsuit came nearly a month after the EPA denied two petitions filed by the groups in 2017 that sought tighter oversight of the largest U.S. hog, cattle and chicken operations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]