Increasing regulatory controls over animal feeding operations to enhance environmental quality
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Centner, Terence J.
Mullen, Jeffrey D.
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Hatcher, Kathryn J.
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Abstract
Economies of scale have led to the
production of animals at large confined facilities
concentrated in selected regions. Such production has
been accompanied by environmental problems including
the degradation of water quality. Both state and federal
governments have enacted new legislation and regulatory
provisions to respond to problems created by concentrated
animal feeding operations. The emphasis of the adopted
provisions has been on eliminating pollution and
environmental degradation from animal wastes. A major
consideration has been to reduce nutrient contamination
of waters which occurs due to excessive applications of
manure from large, concentrated operations.
Two possibilities can be examined to devise more
successful mechanisms for controlling pollution from
animals. First, more detailed regulations may better
define which practices and operations need to be
monitored as point sources of pollution. This might allow
monitoring agencies to focus their efforts on smaller
numbers of producers. Second, state governments may
need new mechanisms for the more assertive
enforcement of existing regulations.
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2003-04
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