Not as bad as before, but still unacceptable—that’s how the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is reacting to the latest draft of dust regulations from the EPA. Last summer, EPA was discussing a ten-fold decrease in the acceptable levels of dust. According to NCBA vice president of government affairs Colin Woodall, the agency has backed off on that idea. But he says the latest proposal is still twice as stringent as the current standard.


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