From: JFAN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:21:52 -0800
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Good News! New DNR rule - Urgent deadline
Dear JFAN friends,
We're very pleased to give you this good news: DNR is proposing a tougher new rule to control ground water pollution from CAFOs! Please email the EPC members listed at the end of this message to show your support – by this Friday!
Here are the details: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is trying to implement a proposal to better protect Iowa’s waterways from the pollution of hog confinements. The DNR says confinements have increased significantly in the last two years, many in areas vulnerable to groundwater pollution.
At this Monday’s meeting of the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission (EPC), the DNR will propose a new rule to evaluate and place conditions on proposed animal confinements and manure management plans that could pose a threat to natural resources or the environment. The DNR will evaluate proposed operations based on:
- if manure will be applied on frozen or snow-covered crop fields,
- the distance from sensitive areas such as public land, trout streams and areas where fractured bedrock lies close to the land surface,
- the potential for manure to enter a stream, including steep slopes (greater than nine percent), type of vegetation and presence of waterways, and
- if the operation is located in a two-year capture zone for a public water supply.
JFAN joins Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (ICCI) in calling for immediate implementation of the new rule.
The DNR had originally stated they would put the rule through as an emergency rule, which means that it would go into effect immediately. The DNR has now backed away from this and will put it out for public comment.
We strongly support the rule, however, Iowans should not have to
wait any longer to have some protection against factory farms.
We need this rule now.
It is most important that you contact the EPC commissioners and DNR Director Vonk before December 19th and let them know you support this rule and need it to take effect now! Just send them a simple message in your own words letting them know you are for the new rule on water pollution and CAFOs, and want it to take effect December 30.
Here are their e-mail addresses:
Lisa Davis Cook Donna Buell
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Henry Marquard Jerry Peckumn, Vice-Chair
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Darrell Hanson, Chair Francis Thicke
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Suzanne Morrow Mary Gail Scott
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David Petty DNR Director Jeff Vonk
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Thanks for helping keep Jefferson County healthy and prosperous! If you have any questions, email us or call 209-6600.
JFAN Board
Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors, Inc.
P.O. Box 811
Fairfield, IA 52556
www.jfaniowa.org <http://www.jfaniowa.org>
641-209-6600
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