Wednesday, June 27, 2007

EPA web site lists rules with potential agricultural impact



WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has established a new web site that provides a succinct, general description of EPA's requirements for both regulatory and voluntary programs.

The site contains an easy look-up tool listing federal environmental regulations that could potentially apply to agriculture.

Major statues on the site include the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990, Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, Food Quality Protection Act, Oil Pollution Act, Regulatory Flexibility Act and Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Safe Drinking Water Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act.

The web site can be found at http://www.epa.gov/agriculture/llaw.html.



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