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Agriculture Sectors: Crop (NAICS 111) and Animal (NAICS 112)

The Agriculture sectors comprise establishments primarily engaged in growing crops, raising animals, and harvesting fish and other animals from a farm, ranch, or their natural habitats. Additional regulatory information may also be available from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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  • Laws and Regulations: for Air, General, Pesticides, Water
  • Compliance Monitoring and Assistance
  • Policies and Guidance

Laws and Regulations

Air

  • National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP):
    • Pesticide Active Ingredient Production Industry
    • Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Boilers and Process Heaters:
      • Area Sources 
      • Major Sources

General

  • Laws and Regulations by Farm Activity
  • Laws and Regulations by Statute
  • Pasture, Rangeland, and Grazing Operations - Laws, Regulations, Policies, and Guidance

Pesticides

  • Regulating Pesticides: Laws & Regulations
  • Restricted and Canceled Uses
  • Requirements for Pesticide Storage
  • Requirements for Pesticide Disposal
  • Worker Protection Standard (WPS) e-CFR section
  • Pesticide Tolerances

Water

  • Effluent Guidelines: Aquatic Animal Production Industry
  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES): Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs): information about agricultural activities regulated by wastewater permits.

Compliance

  • Agriculture Sector Compliance Assistance
  • Boiler Compliance at Area Sources
  • Combustion Portal: compliance assistance center.
  • Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) Compliance Monitoring

Policies and Guidance

  • NPDES: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations - Regulations and Guidance

Additional federal and state regulations not listed here may apply. Find your state environmental agency.

Related Technical Information

  • AP 42: Chapter 9: Food and Agricultural Industries: emission factors and process information for air pollution source categories

Partnership Programs

AgSTAR: promotes the recovery and use of methane from animal manure.

Regulatory Information By Sector

  • Aerospace
  • Agriculture
  • Automotive
  • Chemical Manufacturing
  • Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
  • Construction
  • Dry Cleaning
  • Educational Services
  • Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
  • Food Processing
  • Forestry and Logging
  • Furniture Manufacturing
  • Healthcare and Social Assistance
  • Manufacturing
  • Metals
  • Mining
  • Nonmetallic Mineral Processing
  • Oil and Gas Extraction
  • Paper, Pulp, and Lumber Manufacturing
  • Petroleum
  • Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
  • Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
  • Printing and Related Support Activities
  • Public Administration & Government
  • Ship and Boat Building
  • Textile Manufacturing
  • Transportation and Warehousing
  • Water and Sewage Utilities
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Last updated on August 27, 2024
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