Can someone help me understand this, please. In 2011 the Fifth Circuit Court
in New Orleans ruled the EPA can't require NPDES permits for factory farms
unless they actually discharge manure into US waterways. From their ruling:
"These cases leave no doubt that there must be an actual discharge into
navigable waters to trigger the CWA's requirements and the EPA's authority."

So CCI, IEP, and Sierra Club are trying to get the state to require CWA
permits if CAFOs have had previous discharges. Clear enough. But the DNR
says they want to work with producers who have spills instead of making them
get NPDES permits. And "Kris Lancaster, an EPA spokesman for Region 7, said
Iowa¹s ³proposed rules are consistent with federal requirements.²

What am I missing here? How are these proposed rules consistent with federal
requirements? 

Thanks,
Diane

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Diane Rosenberg
Executive Director

Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors, Inc.
P.O. Box 811
Fairfield, IA 52556
641-472-9332 - Direct
641-209-6600 ­ Voice Mail
www.jfaniowa.org 
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Date:  Wednesday, January 29, 2014 9:26 AM
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Subject:  CAFO rules mentioned in Des Moines Register

Yesterday's Des Moines Register carried an article about our efforts to
enforce rules against CAFOs

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014301280090
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