EPA is extending the dates for newly defined concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to seek National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit coverage and for all permitted CAFOs to develop and implement nutrient management plans (NMPs) as required by EPA's 2003 decision issued by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Waterkeeper Alliance et al. v. EPA, 399 F.3d 486 (2nd Cir. 2005). EPA is setting February 27, 2009, as the new date for newly defined CAFOs to seek water permit coverage and for permitted CAFOs to develop and implement their NMPs.