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Reducing Agricultural Emissions through Source Regulation

MCLI Recommendation: “EPA should consider imposing regulatory methane emissions limits for concentrated animal facilities.”

LPDD Recommendation: “EPA should impose emissions limitations on both conventional pollutants and GHG emissions from fertilizer production.”

LPDD Recommendation: “EPA should strengthen its nationwide NPDES regulations in ways that would reduce GHG emissions as well as water pollution.”

LPDD Recommendation: “EPA should use its regulatory tools for hazardous air emissions to also reduce methane and nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture.”

LPDD Recommendation: “Congress should ensure that government financial incentive and regulatory programs do not support large-scale operations without also requiring them to curb their most environmentally damaging practices.”

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Example States and State Governments

Maine Nutrient Management Act

Maine’s Nutrient Management Act bans winter manure spreading from December 1st through March 15th, which reduces aeration of nitrous oxide.
Example States and State Governments

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plans

Six Chesapeake Bay Watershed jurisdictions – Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and the District of Columbia – are part of a federal-state initiative to develop and i...
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Maryland Nutrient Management Law

Maryland’s Nutrient Management Law requires all farmers using chemical fertilizer or manure to have a nutrient management plan for nitrogen. Fertilizer may not be applied to frozen ground, which reduc...
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New Hampshire Fertilizer Rules

New Hampshire sets nitrogen concentration limits for different types of fertilizer.
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Delaware State Nutrient Management Law

The Delaware State Nutrient Management Law requires farmers prepare nutrient management plans, which must limit nitrogen application to the expected yield of the specific crop.
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Potential Improvements to Clean Water Act NPDES Program

The Clean Water Act establishes a national pollution discharge elimination system to regulate operations that discharge pollutants directly into waters. Agricultural operations, including CAFOs, are c...
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New Jersey Fertilizer Rules

New Jersey prohibits the sale of fertilizer that exceeds certain limits for nitrogen concentration.
Example States and State Governments

Minnesota Vegetative Buffer Requirements

In 2015, Minnesota passed a pioneering law requiring permanent vegetative buffers on farmland abutting lakes and streams. The law was designed to reduce runoff, but will also increase soil carbon sequ...
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California Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Strategy

The California State Legislature passed a law in 2014, codified at at Cal. Heath and Safety Code §39730.5, directing the California Air Resources Board to develop a comprehensive strategy to reduce sh...