--- jrclark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Senator:
>
> I am writing to express concern about the bill SF
> 2371(formerly LSB 6613),
> Senator Bartz' Water Quality Initiative - I on Iowa.
>
> This bill could be debated on Tuesday, March 7th.
>
> Although this bill establishes policy for the
> Initiative on Improving Our
> Watershed Attributes and sets requirements for
> conservation buffer strips
> and other programs, the bill has numerous
> unacceptable elements.  One of
> the most unacceptable is the wetland provision that
> would allow extensive
> wetland drainage when new wetlands are constructed
> for water quality
> benefits.  Another section has extreme restrictions
> on "credible" data to
> be used for Iowa's impaired waters list.
>
> The DNR worked for months to develop a plan that
> would be good for farmers
> and would put money in their pockets.  It would be
> good for Iowa because it
> would clean up our water and add to our quality of
> life.  It was a simple
> plan that offered solutions through programs that
> are already in place,
> already proven, and scientifically based.  We have
> had a waiting list of
> farmers who want to add their land to Wetland
> Reserve Program, etc. --
> farmers are willing to sign up for these programs.
>
> The bill SF 2371 adds hurdles to solutions that we
> should already be using
> in Iowa.  Some of the unacceptable criteria in this
> bill is almost
> identical to those that the EPA rejected in 1998.
>
> I urge you to oppose this bill.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jane R. Clark
> 9871 Lincoln Avenue
> Clive, Iowa 50325
>SF2371 passed unanimously yesterday in the Senate. A
wetlands provision was added. The only close
amendment(which lost) was 5080 which states the DNR
shall consult with municipalities and industrial NPDES
permit holders and develop guidelines regarding public
ID of sites where NPDES permitted discharges occur to
state waters
Charlie Winterwood
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