Mike Gronstal and Kraig Paulsen taped IPTV's Iowa Press today. Haven't watched 
the show, but Kathie Obradovich covered the taping and quoted Gronstal as saying 
"Senate won't move water monitoring out of the regulatory body at DNR."

They are trying to trick people with the same cosmetic change made to the bill 
before it passed the Iowa House. They'll keep the "monitoring" at DNR, but IDALS 
would still "decide where, what and how much to monitor, how to evaluable water 
quality impairments. They would be in charge of the water quality assessment 
reports and the list of impaired waters required by the EPA."  

http://www.bleedingheartland.com/diary/4658/iowa-house-democrats-afraid-to-stand-up-to-big-ag


It's important not to let them whitewash the real issue.



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From: Phyllis Mains <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Fri, April 8, 2011 9:09:59 AM
Subject: Water quality letter DM Register


 
Thanks Mike!  today's DM Register on Water Quality
Don't end DNR role in regulating water
The Raccoon River Watershed Association (RRWA) is opposed to transferring  
authority for water quality programs from the Iowa Department of Natural  
Resources to the Iowa Department of Agriculture (SF 500). The RRWA board  
believes that transferring the authority and funding necessary to manage water  
quality programs would not serve the long term interest of the state.

It  is clear to us that the Farm Bureau Federation is behind this move, as it is  
behind attempts to stop the Environmental Protection Agency's effort to clean up  
the Chesapeake Bay, and the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico at the federal  
level. The Farm Bureau is also attempting to reverse the river anti-degradation  
rules that are now in place in Iowa.
It is clear to many in Iowa that Gov. Terry Branstad and the Farm Bureau are  
working their plan to protect certain farm interests from restrictions they  
think would impact profitability. The board and the members of RRWA know it is  
time to protect the soil, water and animal habitat that remain in Iowa from  
further degradation.

At this point in time, only the Farm Bureau, Iowa  Department of Agriculture and 
Land Stewardship and Branstad's DNR director have  signed on to this bill. Farm 
commodity groups are staying neutral.
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