Hoeven Statement on EPA's Proposed Rule to Protect Farmers and Ranchers From Livestock Emissions Reporting

 Senator John Hoeven today released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule to exempt agricultural producers from burdensome reporting requirements for animal waste emissions.

Hoeven has been pressing the EPA to find a permanent solution to provide certainty and prevent the agency’s rule from negatively impacting farmers and ranchers. The senator also helped introduce the Fair Agricultural Reporting Method (FARM) Act, bipartisan legislation authored by Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) that would protect farmers, ranchers and livestock markets from burdensome EPA reporting requirements for livestock emissions.

“Imposing reporting requirements for livestock emissions from animals in a pasture doesn’t make sense and only leads to higher costs for both producers and consumers. That is why we’ve been pressing EPA to find a solution to provide certainty and to help ensure that farmers and ranchers are able to maintain their operations,” said Hoeven. “This proposed rule will help provide much needed certainty for producers and is common sense.”