Try the e-mail addresses listed below instead of the
previously sent addresses to express your support for
the DNR director's discretionary rule.

 I-CALL Alert
> 
> Tell the Iowa Legislative Administrative Rules
> Review Committee we need
> the Water Protection Rule! 
> 
> (also known as the Discretionary Rule)
> 
>  
> 
> Overview: Currently, if all state minimum
> requirements are met, the
> Department of Natural Resources MUST issue a new
> permit to any new or
> expanding animal feeding operation. In June, the
> Environmental
> Protection Commission passed what is known as the
> Water Protection or
> Discretionary Rule. This new rule, which received
> extensive public input
> through meetings and comments, gives the Department
> Natural Resources
> ability and authority to become a final backstop to
> a proposed animal
> feeding operation in special cases to protect Iowa's
> public waters. 
> 
>  
> 
> This rule will come before the legislative
> Administrative Rules Review
> Committee (ARRC) on Tuesday, August 8th, at around
> 1:00 pm. We know
> there is considerable opposition pressuring ARRC
> members to stop the
> rule. Yet what is best for the environment and best
> for Iowa is for the
> DNR to have the authority described in the rule and
> for ARRC to give the
> rule a chance to work.
> 
>  
> 
> Action Requested: Please contact any or all members
> of the
> Administrative Rules Review Committee and let them
> know you support the
> Water Protection Rule (Discretionary Rule) as it
> currently stands
> (labeled ARC 5243B.)
> 
>  
> 
> Key talking points:
> 
>  
> 
> *Our state has made a turning point when it comes to
> protecting and
> investing in our public waters, and this rule is a
> fair and reasonable
> method to protect that investment.
> 
>  
> 
> *Permitting requirements cannot completely eliminate
> the need for expert
> judgment.  This rule would give the DNR the ability
> to use their expert
> judgment to determine if a facility should receive a
> permit in special
> cases-where the unique situation is not described in
> code/specs.
> 
>  
> 
> *The DNR review would consider common-sense factors
> such as the
> proximity and likely impact to environmentally
> sensitive areas such as
> lakes or karst terrain, the spreading of manure on
> steep slopes (highly
> erodible land), or the likelihood of impact to a
> public water supply.
> 
>  
> 
> *This rule would apply to less than 1% of the new
> permits, and would
> only be used if significant danger of pollution is
> evident and likely.
> 
>  
> 
> Please Contact one or more of the following ARRC
> committee  members... 
> 
> Senator Jack Kibbie                
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> 712-852-4140
> 
> Senator Mike Connolly            
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> 563-556-6217
> 
> Senator Tom Courtney            
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> 319-753-2684
> 
> Senator Paul McKinley            
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> 641-774-5784
> 
> Senator James Seymour           
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> 712-647-2699
> 
> Rep. George Eichorn               
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> 515-838-2277
> 
> Rep. Danny Carroll                  
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> 641-236-7043
> 
> Rep. Marcie Frevert                
> [log in to unmask]
> 712-852-4950
> 
> Rep. Dave Heaton                   
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> 319-385-9342
> 
> Rep. Geri Huser                      
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> 515-967-7846 
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you for taking action on behalf of our natural
> resources!
> 
>  
> 
> Lynn Laws
> 
> I-CALL Coordinator
> 
>  
> 
> 


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