A complete description of the Unified National Strategy for Animal Feeding Operations developed by the USDA and the EPA. Despite tremendous progress in cleaning up U.S. waterways, 40% of the waterways assessed by States still do not meet goals for fishing, swimming or both. Runoff from city streets, agricultural activities, including animal feeding operations (AFOs), and other sources continues to degrade the environment and puts drinking water at risk. Chapters: introduction and guiding principles; AFOs and water quality and public health risks; the national goal and performance expectation for AFOs; relationship of voluntary and regulatory programs; strategic issues; and roles.

Excerpt from Unified National Strategy for Animal Feeding Operations: March 9, 1999 The efforts of all the people who were involved in the drafting of the document also need to be acknowledged. These include usda and epa personnel at the national, regional, and State levels, other Federal Agency personnel at the national level, State agency personnel, and the leaders of organizations and groups with a keen interest in this subject. The leadership of usda and epa must also be recognized for their vision and support to this joint effort. There are also two individuals, although they are no longer part of the Federal family, that need to be acknowledged for their vision at the very beginning of this process: they are Fee Busby and Craig Cox. Fee is currently the Dean of the College of Natural Resources at Utah State University and Craig is the Executive Vice President of the Soil and Water Conservation Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) are large livestock and poultry operations that raise animals in a confined situation. CAFOs may improve the efficiency of animal production, but the large amounts of manure they produce can, if improperly managed, degrade air and water quality. The EPA requires CAFOs that discharge certain pollutants to obtain a permit. This testimony summarizes the findings of a Sept. 4, 2008 report on: (1) trends in CAFOs; (2) amounts of waste they generate; (3) findings of key research on CAFOs¿ health and environmental impacts; (4) progress made in developing CAFO air emissions protocols; and (5) the effect of recent court decisions on EPA¿s regulation of CAFO water pollutants.