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Fact Sheet: Livestock and Poultry Operation Inspections

EPA has put together a series of answers to commonly asked questions to help livestock and poultry operation owners and operators understand what to expect from EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) inspections.

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Fact Sheet: Livestock and Poultry Operation Inspections (PDF)(5 pp, 303 K, September 2014, EPA 305-F-14-0)