Regulatory Information for the Agriculture Sector
The agriculture sector is affected by a number of major environmental statutes and regulations. We may not have Web pages for every regulation that affects your business, but we have listed here those Web pages that we do offer. These pages may offer a regulation’s text, history, statutory authority, supporting analyses, compliance information, or related guidance.
Please remember, the nature and scope of activities can vary across facilities in a sector, and the information provided here will not necessarily apply to all facilities.
- Agriculture Portal - The "first stop" for EPA information about the agricultural community.
- Agriculture Laws & Policies - Full text and summaries of major environmental statutes, policies, and guidance that could affect agricultural producers; links to a convenient regulatory matrix; and a list of a wide-range of agriculture resources.
- Agribusiness Sector Program - The Sector Strategies Program works collaboratively with a number of sectors to improve environmental performance while reducing regulatory burden.
- Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) effluent guidelines, proposed rules, and compliance guides for AFOs and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).
- Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Compliance Monitoring - Clean Water Act requirements for CAFOs.
- Compliance Assistance: Agriculture - Laws, regulations, policy, and compliance assistance for the agriculture sector.
- Pasture, Rangeland, and Grazing Operations - Laws, Regulations, Policies, and Guidance - Presents information about environmental laws and regulations that affect livestock pasture, rangeland, and grazing operations.
- Pesticide Active Ingredient Production Industry - National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) rules, background information, fact sheets, guidance materials, and Federal Register notices.
- Pesticide Regulatory Action Fact Sheets - Numerous fact sheets about how EPA regulates certain chemicals or types of pesticides.
- Profiles - The Sector Notebook series is a unique set of profiles containing information for specific industries and governments, integrating processes, applicable regulations and other relevant environmental information:
- Regulating Pesticides: Laws & Regualtions - Laws and regulations pertaining to pesticide use and production.
- Regulating Pesticides: Regulating Antimicrobial Pesticides - How EPA regulates antimicrobial pesticides.
Can't find what you are looking for? You might want to browse the regulatory information provided by our program offices:
- Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)
- Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS)
- Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER)
- Office of Water (OW)
Please contact us if you think a link is missing from this page.