Jun. 16, 2022
The Honorable Gary Gensler U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments on the proposed amendments to the rules under the Securities Act of 1993 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that would require registrants to provide certain climate-related information when submitting registration statements and annual reports. As cattle producers, we continually strive to conserve and improve our natural resources. This is the only way we can have a sustainable industry. The proposed S7-10-22 rule will be destructive as it will place undue and an impossible reporting burden on producers. There is no consistent or accurate methodology for measuring greenhouse gas emissions from animal production and agriculture at large. This fact would create legal issues for producers if we submit data that is considered inaccurate. I would urge you to limit the proposed rule change to scope one (direct) and scope two (energy/electric) emissions and eliminate the scope three (supply chain) proposal. There will be an unknown and unnecessary cost on family farms and ranches. Again thank you for the opportunity to submit comments. Please consider our request to eliminate the “supply chain” rule. Respectfully, Steven Hill Sent from my iPad