MORGAN COUNTY, Ga. -- Imagine being taxed on the amount of gas that you pass.

The Environmental Protection Agency doesn't want to tax you, but it does want to levy a tax on the amount of gas livestock produce.

Carol Williams and her husband Everett have about 1,200 cows at their Morgan County farm.

Those cows pass a lot of gas.

“I think there's been some studies done. Don't remember the figures. said Everett Williams.

I mean some of these girls are pretty good size girls,” Carol Williams.

The methane gas released by livestock affects the atmosphere.

The EPA's idea is to tax each dairy cow $175 a year and each beef cow $80 for the pleasure.

The cows won't pay, but the Williams will.

“About $150,000 a year. Basically it would put me out of business,” said Everett Williams.

What's worse is milk prices tanked this year. Farmers are getting about half of what they got paid last year.

“I feel they are picking on the farmers,” said Carol Williams.

The Williams’ do their share to help the environment. They grow their own feed and recycle the water and the manure.

If the EPA imposes a tax, the cows will need Gas-X.

“I don't think it would [do any good]. [It’s] not industrial strength,” said Everett Williams.