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EPA's Proposal To Tax Livestock Gas And Flatulence
EPA's Proposal To Tax Livestock Gas And Flatulence
James Tedisco
Assemblymen Tedisco and Crouch call on EPA to shelve proposal that would tax livestock emissions and hurt New York's family farmers
Assembly Republican Leader Jim Tedisco (R,C,I-Schenectady-Saratoga) and Ranking Member on the Assembly Agriculture Committee Assemblyman Cliff Crouch (R-Guilford) today called for the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) to halt any consideration of a proposal that would impose a tax on "livestock emissions," thus adding another burden on New York's already beleaguered family farmers.
A recent Associated Press news article reported that, in the wake of a 2007 United States Supreme Court ruling that livestock gaseous emissions may contribute to global climate change and thus constitute a form of airborne pollution, the EPA is exploring the possibility of assessing a tax on certain farmers and ranchers.
The proposal, still in its preliminary stages, would impose a tax on farms or ranches having over 200 hogs, 50 cattle or 25 dairy cows, requiring them to pay a yearly charge of approximately $20 for each hog, $87.50 per head of cattle and $175 per dairy cow. The tax is applicable to farms whose livestock operations produce over 100 tons of carbon emissions annually and are subject to the Clean Air Act.
"At the same time our state endures an economic recession, the EPA thinks it's wise to impose a new tax on family farms and agri-businesses? If ever there was need for a crystal clear example of a federal agency completely out-of-touch with reality, the EPA just filled that bill," Tedisco stated.
EPA's Proposal To Tax Livestock Gas And Flatulence
James Tedisco
Assemblymen Tedisco and Crouch call on EPA to shelve proposal that would tax livestock emissions and hurt New York's family farmers
Assembly Republican Leader Jim Tedisco (R,C,I-Schenectady-Saratoga) and Ranking Member on the Assembly Agriculture Committee Assemblyman Cliff Crouch (R-Guilford) today called for the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) to halt any consideration of a proposal that would impose a tax on "livestock emissions," thus adding another burden on New York's already beleaguered family farmers.
A recent Associated Press news article reported that, in the wake of a 2007 United States Supreme Court ruling that livestock gaseous emissions may contribute to global climate change and thus constitute a form of airborne pollution, the EPA is exploring the possibility of assessing a tax on certain farmers and ranchers.
The proposal, still in its preliminary stages, would impose a tax on farms or ranches having over 200 hogs, 50 cattle or 25 dairy cows, requiring them to pay a yearly charge of approximately $20 for each hog, $87.50 per head of cattle and $175 per dairy cow. The tax is applicable to farms whose livestock operations produce over 100 tons of carbon emissions annually and are subject to the Clean Air Act.
"At the same time our state endures an economic recession, the EPA thinks it's wise to impose a new tax on family farms and agri-businesses? If ever there was need for a crystal clear example of a federal agency completely out-of-touch with reality, the EPA just filled that bill," Tedisco stated.
