From the DNR: The proposed "Adopted and Filed" concrete standards are now posted in the DNR's web site at www.IowaDNR.com Select the link to the "Animal Feeding Operations" (second button on the left hand side). Under "New Animal Feeding Operations Bill Related Information", look for the "New Concrete Standards Proposed". There are two new documents posted on 12/03/03: the "Responsiveness Summary of Public Comments" and the "Adopted and Filed proposed final rule". The "Adopted and Filed" is on the Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) Agenda for their December 15, 2003 upcoming meeting. Meeting location, time and Agenda will be available on or after December 8, 2003 at the DNR's web site under "Commissions and Boards", select the link to "Environmental Protection". After the EPC approves the "Adopted and Filed" rules, they will be published in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin (IAB) in January 2004 and must be finally approved by the "Administrative Rules Review Committee (ARRC)". If anyone has any questions or need a hard copy of the final rules, please let me know. I would like to take this opportunity to thank individual citizens and organizations that submitted written and/or oral comments. Sara D. Smith, Ph. D. Environmental Engineer Iowa Department of Natural Resources Wallace State Office Building 502 E. 9th Street Des Moines, IA 50319 Phone: (515) 242-5521 Fax: (515) 281-8895 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp