Tell Congress: Don't let Big Ag poison our drinking water!

Factory farms routinely dump toxic animal manure and other pollutants into our waterways. They help fuel algal blooms. And they harm the health of the communities who live near them. Now, the GOP is advancing a bill that would strip rural communities of one of their key protections from factory farms. We need your help to stop this bill!

Tell Congress: Don't strip communities' protections from factory farms!

Dear Representative,

I write to voice firm opposition to the “Farm Regulatory Certainty Act.”  This proposal is an unacceptable attack on access to the courts for rural communities harmed by toxic waste.

The “Farm Regulatory Certainty Act” provides the agricultural industry with an unprecedented legal shield against responsibility when they contaminate the public’s air, land and water by curtailing the right to sue agricultural polluters that store or dispose of waste in a way that imminently and substantially endangers human health or the environment. It accomplishes this by creating a special provision for the agricultural industry that prohibits the filing of a citizen suit against an operation if an “administrative proceeding,” civil action or criminal case is ongoing, without ensuring that the government’s action will alleviate the harm.

This alarming proposal will harm rural Americans who are disproportionately reliant on private well water and also most likely to be located near large industrial agricultural facilities. A RCRA claim is often the only way for these rural communities to protect their only source of clean drinking and domestic water.

The right of communities to protect their health and environment must be protected. We urge you to oppose the Farm Regulatory Certainty Act, as well as all similar bills that weaken federal protections from toxic waste and prevent public access to justice.

Sincerely,

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