According to the Des Moines Register today, this bill did not make it
through the "funnel" deadline.  Perhaps Lyle can give us an update on that
and his opinion of whether or not it will emerge in some other form.

I don't think we would "support" this bill, however.

The DNR had recently come to a compromise agreement with the cattlemen's
association to phase in enforcement of long-unenforced federal Clean Water
Act permit requirements.   DNR and the Cattlemen's Association agreed to a
voluntary registration and
amnesty program  for open feedlots.  Under the agreement, DNR will relax
enforcement of environmental requirements for registered sites as long as
the feedlot owner is making reasonable progress toward compliance.   This
voluntary registration and amnesty program was agreed to just a few weeks
ago.

But, the bill, SF 503 would not allow the DNR to carry out the compromise
agreement because the net effect is that DNR would lose the ability to
require corrective measures to protect water from manure contamination on
almost all open feedlots, either with or without permits.  According to
Perry Beeman in the DM Register, the bill would ban the state from
controlling polluted runoff from feedlots unless the state or federal
government pays for most of the work.

Mark Lambert of the Iowa Environmental Council said "feedlot operators have
had nearly 30 years to get the required permits and to control runoff."

Jane Clark

----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Winterwood <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: Feedlot Bill Update


> IF THIS IS THE FINAL VERSION OF THE BILL IN THE HOUSE
> SHOULD WE SUPPORT IT?
>
> Charlie Winterwood
> Chair
> Iowa Chapter
>

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