Main Title |
Environmental assessment of proposed revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System regulation and effluent limitations guidelines for concentrated animal feeding operations |
Other Authors |
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CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Engineering and Analysis Div. |
Publisher |
Engineering and Analysis Division, Office of Science and Technology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, |
Year Published |
2001 |
Report Number |
EPA-821-B-01-001 |
Stock Number |
PB2001-104013 |
OCLC Number |
46940756 |
Subjects |
Effluent quality ;
Animal feeding--Environmental aspects ;
Feedlots ;
Livestock--Manure--Environmental aspects ;
Animal waste
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Additional Subjects |
Industrial wastes ;
Animal feeding operations ;
Environmental assessment ;
Tables(Data) ;
Revisions ;
Regulations ;
Guidelines ;
Surface waters ;
Animal wastes ;
Hazards ;
Impacts ;
Shellfish beds ;
National pollutant discharge elimination ;
Effluent guidelines ;
Nutrient contributions
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EHAD |
EPA/821/B-01-001 |
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Region 1 Library/Boston,MA |
01/11/2002 |
EJBD |
EPA 821-B-01-001 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
11/07/2018 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 821-B-01-001 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
NTIS |
PB2001-104013 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
1 v. (various pagings) : ill., maps ; 28 cm. |
Abstract |
States report that agriculture is the leading source of impairment in the nation's surveyed rivers and lakes. In the states that categorized sources of impacts to rivers in 1998, intensive animal operations accounted for over 15 percent of the total impairment due to agriculture. Manure and other animal wastes from these animal feeding operations (AFOs) can result in human health and potentially significant environmental impacts. Such impacts continue to cause concern despite federal effluent limitation guidelines that address feedlots, which have been in place since 1974. Since the EPA promulgated the original effluent guidelines, there have been persistent reports of discharge and runoff of manure pollutants reaching surface and groundwater and resulting in fish kills and other adverse impacts. Animal production has undergone significant changes in the past several decades. Between 1987 and 1992, the total number of animal units increased by about 4.5 million (approximately 3 percent). At the same time, the number of facilities has decreased, indicating a consolidation within the livestock industry. |
Notes |
"January 2001." "EPA-821-B-01-001"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references. |