Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations

Ad Hoc Committee on Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations, Committee on Animal Nutrition, National Research Council

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. Livestock Agriculture and Animal Feeding Operations; 5 3. Air Emissions; 6 4. Measuring Emissions; 7 5. Approaches for Estimating Emissions; 8 6. Government Regulations and Programs; 9 7. Improving Knowledge and Practices; 10 8. Conclusions; 11 References; 12 Appendix A: Statement of Task; 13 Appendix B: Acronyms and Glossary; 14 Appendix C: Bioaerosols; 15 Appendix D: Nitrogen and Sulfur Contents of Animal Products and Live Animals -- Sample Excretion Predictions; 16 Appendix E: Animal Units; 17 Appendix F: Ammonia Emissions from Manure Storage; 18 Appendix G: Regulatory Action Levels by Selected Atmospheric Pollutant; 19 Appendix H: Regulatory Action Levels by Regulatory Requirement and Action Status; 20 Appendix I: Emission Factors for a Feed Mill or Grain Elevator; 21 Appendix J: Public Meeting Agendas; 22 Appendix K: Geographic Distribution of Livestock and Poultry Production in the United States for 1997; 23 Appendix L: Emisson Factors in Published Literature; 24 About the Authors; 25 Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications