MSGA asks MT AG to intervene in EPA GHG rule

MSGA asks MT AG to intervene in EPA GHG rule

The Montana Stockgrowers Association sent a letter to Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock today asking him to intervene independently or in support of current petitions challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recent greenhouse gas endangerment rule. The Montana Farm Bureau also joined MSGA in this request.

Due to probable legal challenges, literally thousands of Montana family ranchers would be compelled to comply with a new layer of bureaucracy and expense if this rule is enacted. The EPA says that it does not want to burden family ranchers but we fear that the rule in which they have authored to supposedly protect ranchers will not stand up to legal scrutiny. MSGA is concerned that by proceeding with these rules as they stand, the EPA is willfully exposing agriculture to new and costly requirements.

MSGA will continue to follow this important issue, which supports our mission “To protect and enhance the ability of Montana ranch families to grow and deliver safe, healthy, environmentally wholesome beef to the world.”