HF 577 passed the House yesterday 54 to 44 . This bill speeds up the process for new power plants. Although the bill was amended to retain the Consumer's Advocate Office in the process as far as I can tell the bill still loosens the environmental standard from the stricter "mininum" to the weaker "reasonable standard" SF 503 passed the Senate yesterday 32 to 18. This bill weakens constuction and operation standards For Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Both bills still need to be passed in the opposite houses and signed by the Governor to become law. Charlie Winterwood Iowa Chapter Chair __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT to [log in to unmask]