EPC TO ADDRESS ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION RULES

DES MOINES - Bringing Iowa rules for animal feeding operations into
compliance with federal regulations will be on the agenda for the
Environmental Protection Commission's Sept. 20 meeting.

The EPC will be asked to approve a proposal that would primarily affect
large or concentrated animal feeding operations by requiring federal
national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permits.

"It's important for livestock producers to know that if this
proposal is approved, it will be at least two years before the larger
confinements will have to act," said Gene Tinker, coordinator for
DNR's animal feeding operations.

The EPC will meet on Monday, at 10 a.m., at the DNR office, 7900
Hickman Road in Urbandale.  Public participation is scheduled for 10:30
a.m.  The meeting is open to the public.

The complete agenda follows:
* Approval of Agenda
* Approval of Minutes
* Director's Remarks
* Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund - 2005 Intended Use Plan
* Notice of Intended Action - Amendments to Chapters 60, 63, 64 and 65
- CAFO Regulations.
* Notice of Intended Action - Amendments to Chapter 65 - Definitions,
Construction Permit Requirements, Master Matrix and Groundwater
Determination
* 2004 Environmental Monitoring and Laboratory Services Agreement with
the University of Iowa - Water Quality
* Presentation - Process Improvement Activities in the Department
* Contract with TBM Consulting Group for Kaizen Process Improvement
Event
* Decision - Contract for geologic drilling with Aquadrill, Inc.
* Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request
* Proposed Contested Case Decision - Miles McDougall
* Proposed Contested Case Decision - Jeff Salsbury
* Referrals to the Attorney General
a) Marsha Leigh and the Universal Assembly of Christians Church, Inc.
(Glenwood - Mills County) - solid waste and air quality
b) Cash Brewer (Cherokee - Cherokee County) - animal feeding operation
and solid waste
c) Holstein Dairy (Holstein - Ida County) - animal feeding operation
d) Emer Carlson (Fairfield - Jefferson County) - air quality
e) Wilber McNear d/b/a McNear Oil Company (Onawa - Monona County) -
underground storage tanks
* Monthly Reports
* General Discussion
* Items for next month's meeting

More information about the agenda items can be found on the DNR website
under Commissions and Boards at www.iowadnr.com.

The members of the commission are Darrell Hanson, chair, Manchester;
Kathryn Murphy, LeMars; Terrance Townsend, Newton; Lisa Davis-Cook, West
Des Moines; Lori Glanzman, Mt. Pleasant; Jerry Peckum, Jefferson; Heidi
Vittetoe, Washington; Francis Thicke, Fairfield; and Donna Buell, Spirit
Lake. The director of the DNR is Jeff Vonk.

For more information, contact Karen Grimes, at (515) 281-5135.

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