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On March 23, 2018, the President signed into law the “Fair Agricultural Reporting Method Act” or the “FARM Act.” The FARM Act expressly exempts reporting of air emissions from animal waste (including decomposing animal waste) at a farm from CERCLA section 103. In the June 13, 2019, final rule, the Agency applied the CERCLA exemption to reporting under EPCRA. On February 14, 2022, the U.S. District Court of D.C. granted EPA’s motion for remand of the June 13, 2019, final rule, which exempted reporting of air emissions from animal waste under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). On November 17, 2023, EPA issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) (88 FR 80222) to solicit information to assist in a potential future rulemaking to reinstate reporting requirements for animal waste air emissions at farms under the emergency release notification requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). The comment period closed on February 15, 2024.