On November 16 there was a hearing on CAFOs in the Subcommittee on
Environment in the House Energy and Commerce committee.  The specific
subject was how the Superfund law applies to CAFOs.  Testimony from the
hearing is on the committee website at:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/Hearings/11162005hearing1714/hearing.htm

Sierra Club signed on to tesimony by the Enivonmental Integrity Project.
People may also find the testimony of Robert Lawrence, from Johns Hopkins
University, of interest.  It provides citations to many of the CAFO-related
health and environmental information.

At the hearing, Rep. Ralph Hall of Texas introduced legislation (HR 4341)
to exempt manure from Superfund.  You can see the bill at:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c109:1:./temp/~c109XkDFIj::

It has 29 co-sponsors.  This is similar to the amendments that Senator
Craig of Idaho has promoted over the last year or so, the effect of which,
in part, is to reverse a Sierra Club litigation victory in the case against
Tyson Foods.

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