Sierrans:

To clarify, FYI, this bill was amended in the House last week and sent back
to the Senate where it currently awaits Senate Concurrence (or not) in the
House Amendment to the Senate File. It will be awhile befoe it goes to the
Governor, and we are working on the Senate to clarify the House Amendment
and send it back there. As this memo say, that may not happen and would then
go to the Governor, probably at the end of the session.

Lyle


On 4/18/01 3:10 am , "Jane Clark" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From:  Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
> Forwarded by Jane Clark at [log in to unmask]
>
> Urgent Action Needed!
> To protect our ability to establish air quality rules for factory farms
>
>
> There is a bill currently before the Iowa legislature that could stop us
> from being able to create and enforce meaningful air quality rules for
> factory farms.
>
> The bill, Senate File (SF) 410, is designed to limit DNR's ability to
> regulate air emissions from indoor sources. It says the DNR cannot require
> construction permits for air emission sources and cannot specify any methods
> a facility must use to reduce emissions.
>
> Originally this bill contained language that excluded factory farms from
> this protection. However, due to extensive lobbying efforts by the Farm
> Bureau and others, the House Environmental Committee removed that language
> in an effort to stop us from developing air quality rules for factory farms.
>
> Though Representatives Pam Jochum and Dave Schrader both proposed amendments
> to change this bill to protect DNR's ability to establish rules and regulate
> air quality, the amendments both failed and the House passed the bill. SF
> 410 is now back in the Senate. It is likely that the bill will pass the
> Senate in this current form. The bill will then go to the Governor.
>
> If  the Governor signs SF 410 in its present form, it would stop DNR from
> developing air quality standards for factory farms.
>
> We need to stop this bill from being signed.
>
> Call Governor Vilsack at (515)281-5211 (or Dusky Terry, the Governor's
> agricultural staff at (515)281-0141) [log in to unmask] and urge
> him to veto this bill!
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Des Moines, IA 50322-2862

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