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EPA Implements Fischer's Bill Exempting Farms from Reporting Animal Waste Emissions

Statement

Date: June 4, 2019
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Agriculture and Food Environment

U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) released the following statement today after EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced he signed a final rule implementing her common-sense legislation, which ensures farmers and ranchers do not need to report animal waste emissions:

"Due to unnecessary federal regulations, our ag producers in Nebraska were facing worry and frustration about calculating emissions from animal waste. I was proud to lead the bipartisan legislation that delivered a permanent fix on this issue. Now that the EPA administrator has officially implemented this rule, farmers and ranchers will have more regulatory certainty."

Senator Fischer championed the bipartisan Fair Agricultural Reporting Method (FARM) Act, which President Trump signed into law in March 2018. The bill protects farmers, ranchers, and livestock markets from burdensome EPA reporting requirements for animal waste emissions. These requirements were meant to address dangerous industrial pollution, chemical plant explosions, and the release of hazardous materials into the environment. They were not intended to affect animal agriculture.


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