Five years later, EPA has not responded to pollution petition
detailing how EPA's regulation of concentrated animal feeding operations under the Clean Water Act has failed to protect waterways and communities, and urging the EPA to strengthen its lax approach. The agency's complete failure to respond, the groups say, violates the Administrative Procedure Act , which requires agencies like EPA to respond to petitions "within a reasonable time.
The Clean Water Act defines CAFOs as "point sources" of pollution, which should require polluting CAFOs to follow discharge permits that restrict their pollution discharges into rivers and streams. But due to the EPA's weak regulations, only a small fraction of CAFOs have the required permits. The permits that do exist are weak and inadequately protective of water quality.
"This petition provided EPA with a roadmap for how it must finally regulate factory farms as required under the Clean Water Act, and explained why action is critical. EPA's refusal to even answer simply confirms that it will not hold this industry accountable without legal and public pressure.
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