The EPA has been granted Executive Powers.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+42USC7603
Environmental Emergency Powers:
Excerpt:
the Administrator, upon receipt of evidence that a pollution source or combination of sources (including moving sources) is presenting an imminent and substantial endangerment to public health or welfare, or the environment, may bring suit on behalf of the United States in the appropriate United States district court to immediately restrain any person causing or contributing to the alleged pollution to stop the emission of air pollutants causing or contributing to such pollution or to take such other action as may be necessary.
/excerpt
As per the data sharing that comes with Public-Private-Partnerships, the data collected by the USDA is shared with the EPA and then is shared with the UN.
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2006/April/Day-07/i3412.htm
National Animal Identification System (NAIS); Implementation Plan and Integration of Private and State Animal Tracking Databases With the NAIS
[Federal Register: April 7, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 67)]
[Notices]
[Page 17805-17806]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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