Agriculture Sectors

Crop Production (NAICS 111) and Animal Production (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).

Read more about sectors at the US Census Bureau NAICS site.

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
• General
  • Agriculture Laws: including EPA's Regulatory Matrix for agricultural producers.
  • Agriculture Proposed Rules, Policies and Guidance - Open for Comment
  • Pasture, Rangeland, and Grazing Operations - Laws, Regulations, Policies, and Guidance
• Pesticides
  • Regulating Antimicrobial Pesticides
  • Regulating Biopesticides
  • Regulating Pesticides: Laws & Regulations
  • Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
• 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: including sector profiles and assistance centers.
• Boiler Compliance at Area Sources
• Combustion Portal : compliance assistance center.
• Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) Compliance Monitoring 

Enforcement

• Preventing Animal Waste from Contaminating Surface and Ground Waters: National Enforcement Initiatives

Policies and Guidance

• Agriculture Proposed Rules, Policies and Guidance - Open for Comment
• Agriculture Policies and Guidance Collection
• NPDES: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Guidance Documents: wastewater permitting information.
• Pesticide Regulatory Action Fact Sheets

Related Technical Information

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

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