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Court delays air emissions reporting requirement

A DC Circuit Court has delayed until January 22nd the start of a mandate that requires livestock operations to file air emissions reports.

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) president Craig Uden calls the court-ordered stay “welcome news”. He says ag operations were never intended to be regulated by the environmental laws.

Uden says the 60-day stay will give the livestock industry additional time to continue working on the introduction of stand-alone legislation to fix the issue. He says NCBA will also seek to have corrective language included in the appropriations process.