EPA’S JACKSON CITES AGENCY’S CRACKDOWN ON WATER ENFORCEMENT
News Date October 20, 2009
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announced Thursday during a hearing held by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure that EPA will be more actively policing Clean Water Act violations. Jackson specifically mentioned livestock feeding operations as one of the industries the agency will more closely monitor, stating that EPA is working on strategies to identify concentrated animal feeding operations that are in violation of EPA rules. The announcement was made following a recent investigation by the New York Times that found that states punished less than three percent of violators between 2004 and 2007. (By: Ethan Mathews, Policy Contact: Nathan Bowen)