The Agriculture sectors comprise establishments primarily engaged in growing crops, raising animals, and harvesting fish and other animals from a farm, ranch, or their natural habitats. Additional regulatory information may also be available from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

• Laws and Regulations: for Air, General, Pesticides, Water
• Compliance Monitoring and Assistance
• Enforcement Initiatives
• Policies and Guidance

Laws and Regulations

Air

• National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP):
  • Pesticide Active Ingredient Production Industry
  • Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters:
    • Area Sources 
    • Major Sources

General

• Laws and Regulations by Farm Activity
• Laws and Regulations by Statute
• Pasture, Rangeland, and Grazing Operations - Laws, Regulations, Policies, and Guidance

Pesticides

• Regulating Pesticides: Laws & Regulations
• Restricted and Canceled Uses
• Requirements for Pesticide Storage
• Requirements for Pesticide Disposal
• Worker Protection Standard (WPS) e-CFR section
• Tolerances and Exemptions for Pesticide Chemical Residues in Food

Water

• Effluent Guidelines: Aquatic Animal Production Industry
• National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES): Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs): information about agricultural activities regulated by wastewater permits.

Compliance

• Agriculture Sector Compliance Assistance
• Boiler Compliance at Area Sources
• Combustion Portal Exit: compliance assistance center.
• Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) Compliance Monitoring

Enforcement

• Preventing Animal Waste from Contaminating Surface and Ground Waters: National Enforcement Initiatives

Policies and Guidance

• NPDES: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Guidance Documents: wastewater permitting information (click on the Guidance link at the top)

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