Regulatory Responses to Potential Pollutants from Animal Feeding Operations: Opting Out of Costly Permitting Regulations

Terence J. Centner () and Jeffrey D. Mullen

Journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics, 2004, vol. 36, issue 2, pages 287-295

Abstract: Because of excessive water impairment, federal and state agencies have enacted regulations to reduce water pollution from animal feeding operations. Many of the regulations are based on numbers of animals rather than the potential of an operator to impair water quality. To enhance efficiency, critical production indicators and location screening factors might be used to exempt operations that are not significantly impairing water quality. In this manner, regulations could avoid imposing unnecessary costs on the regulated public and more effectively target monitoring and enforcement resources of the regulatory agency.

Keywords: concentrated animal feeding operations; pollution; production indicators; regulations; water impairment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K2 K32 Q25 Q28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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