At the end of this message are the e-mail addresses of the House Env Protection Commitee



LEGISLATIVE ALERT : The following bill is Iowa's best chance to receive protection from factory farms and to improve our environment .  This bill fits right in with League's priority to to have more local input on siting of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs)  
 

The (Iowa) House Environmental Protection Committee has released a working draft of a fair and balanced bill, sponsored by Rep. Marci Frevert of Emmetsburg that is the public's best chance to receive any protections from the uncontrolled infringement of factory farms (CAFOs) on the health of Iowa people and its land. At this this time the bill has no number so you can refer to it as the Frevert,Kuhn and D. Olson bill in in the Environmental Protection Committee. 

 
This bill increases public protections. 

It includes some buffer zones between factory farms and lakes and other waterways, planned developments, incorporated cities, and tourist areas; 
It tightens the threshold of construction approval through a stronger "matrix" system, 
It decreases allowed distances regarding the application of waste manure, from water sources and residences 
It increases distances between small farrowing and large CAFO operations. 
The bill will be voted on Tuesday, March 6th , within the subcommittee, to determine whether it will see the light of day on the full House floor. These measures will go a long way to protect the future of Iowa's waterways, the health of its rural citizens. and the viability of its small communities. 
Thousands of calls and emails need to be generated to every House representative and to each member of the House Environmental Protection Committee for this to pass. 
Please email your own HOUSE and SENATE representative!


Please encourage them to support ALL LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS for some type of local input for the siting of CAFOs 

One sentence or two in your own words is worth hundreds of cut-and-paste mass emails, which are generally ignored by the recipients.
Among the ideas to express might be that they should support ALL LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS TO: 

protect Iowans' water, air and soil 
protect tourism areas and other regional economic concerns , and 
protect the small family farmer from the negative effect of nearby large operations. 
Other Points 
any concern you might have about factory farms polluting the waterways and air in Iowa 
 
the need for increased distances from residences, wells and waterways from the application of manure from CAFOs.
 
the need for increased distances between newly-constructed CAFOs and towns, tourist areas and recreational waterways 
 
the need for some type of local input for the siting of CAFOs
 
The members of the Environmental Protection Committee in the Iowa House are:
 
Donovan Olson, Chair   [log in to unmask] 
Marcella Frevert (D, District 7), Vice Chair  [log in to unmask] 
Steven Olson (R, District 83), Ranking Member  [log in to unmask] 
Dwayne Alons (R, District 4)  [log in to unmask] 
Rich Anderson (R, District 97)  [log in to unmask] 
Betty De Boef (R, District 76)  [log in to unmask] 
Dave Deyoe (R, District 10)  [log in to unmask] 
Jack Drake (R, District 57)   [log in to unmask] 
Mary Gaskill (D, District 93)  [log in to unmask] 
Pam Jochum (D, District 27)  [log in to unmask] 
Bob Kressig (D, District 19)  [log in to unmask] 
Mark Kuhn (D, District 14)  [log in to unmask] 
Vicki Lensing (D, District 78)  [log in to unmask] 
Helen Miller (D, District 49)  [log in to unmask]"> 
Rick Olson (D, District 68)  [log in to unmask] 
Tyler Olson (D, District 38)  [log in to unmask] 
Tom Sands (R, District 87)  [log in to unmask] 
Mark Smith (D, District 43)  [log in to unmask] 
Ralph Watts (R, District 47)  [log in to unmask] 
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (D, District 4)  [log in to unmask] 


 
SENATORS

 
Also, please email the Senate member from YOUR district, and request that they support ALL LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS IN THE SENATE to balance the needs of the livestock industry with the rest of Iowa's economy, with environmental concerns and the health and well-being of its citizens. (You can use the words from your other email). 

You can find the name and email address of your House representative at:

http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/Legislators/houseEmail.aspx


You can find the email address of your Senator at

http://www.legis.state.ia.us/aspx/Legislators/senateEmail.aspx

THANK YOU!



Judie Hoffman
3820 Quebec Street
Ames, Iowa 50014
Phone and FAX - 515-292-2660
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