Dairy Air Emissions

Rulemaking petition

Petition contact: Heather Kuoppamaki, 503-407-7596

The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission received a petition for rulemaking from Food & Water Watch and 21 co-petitioners to adopt Dairy Air Emissions rules included in the petition.

The proposed rules included in the petition would establish a dairy air emissions program to quantify and regulate air emissions from large dairy confined animal feeding operations. DEQ does not currently regulate air emissions from most agricultural sources, which include dairy CAFOs. DEQ does permit the construction and operation of manure digesters producing biogas, some of which are part of agricultural operations.

Public involvement

The comment period closed at 4 p.m. on Oct. 23, 2022.

Comments received during the public comment period have been compiled into the following document.

Written Comments

For more information, see the Public Notice, which includes a copy of the petition and proposed rules.

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EQC action

The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission denied the petition at its meeting on Nov. 9, 2022.