The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a petition submitted by a collection of environmental activist groups. Food & Water Watch and its co-petitioners wanted EPA to toughen the Clean Water Act regulations for large scale livestock and poultry farms. However, the agency will form a federal advisory committee to study Confined Animal Feeding Operations and their potential pollution. That process is expected to begin next year.
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