Appeals court sides with farm groups on CAFO info
Story Date: 9/12/2016

 

Source: Stephen Davies, AGRI-PULSE, 9/9/16

EPA violated the Freedom of Information Act by releasing personal information, including phone numbers and email addresses, of the owners of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), a federal appeals court ruled today.
The unanimous decision by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis is a big victory for the American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Pork Producers Council, which sued EPA three years ago after it released CAFO information to environmental groups.

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