Chicken growers face EPA crackdown

Baltimore Sun by Timothy B. Wheeler | Mar. 15, 2009 (News Report)
Permit requirements to limit pollution stricter than Md. regulations

The Environmental Protection Agency has told Maryland's poultry farmers it intends to enforce for the first time federal pollution rules governing chicken manure - a crackdown that has surprised and angered growers while pleasing environmentalists who've long complained about agricultural runoff fouling Chesapeake Bay. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 15, 2009 - 5:01 PM PDT
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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 15, 2009

The enforcement of pollution laws against agribusiness is reported. The pollution of waterways and the downstream bays is identified as the driving reason. Detailed science is not included.

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