The Catherine Fitzsimmons mentioned is the head of the Iowa Air Bureau. She has had to deal with air regulations for sulfide and ammonia from CAFO's . I was hoping she would be on the side of good when I saw she was giving testimony and it looks like she was. Laurel, thanks for the follow up article. Laurel Hopwood wrote: > http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2007/09/08/news/local_state/120062.txt > September 7, 2007 > Senate eyes CAFOs > Committee hears testimony on health, environmental effects > By Matt Christensen > (Utah) Times-News writer > edited > > CAFO proponents, including Olin Sims, president of the National > Association of Conservation Districts, and Leonard Blackham, > commissioner of the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, said > there was no need for federal regulations because most states have > successful CAFO management programs in place. > Opponents, including Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson and > Catharine Fitzsimmons, of the National Association of Clean Air > Agencies, painted a different picture. They testified CAFOs are > harming the environment and called for federal regulation. > > "You're talking about an enormous amount of waste generated at an > industrial level," said Edmondson, who alleged CAFOs have polluted > rivers in Oklahoma to the point people can no longer safely swim or > fish in them. He's filed numerous lawsuits against CAFOs. > Farmers testified CAFOs boost the economy. Neighbors to CAFOs > testified the operations threatened their health and livelihood. > CAFOs in Magic Valley are synonymous with dairies, though poultry and > hog CAFOs are more common in the East and Midwest. Southern Idaho > counties have struggled to balance the economic benefits of CAFOs with > concerns that they pollute air and water. > > Those same concerns were echoed by senators on the committee, who held > the hearings in relation to recent debate over the Superfund, a > federal program created by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, > Compensation, and Liability Act to clean up hazardous waste sites. > Some senators want CAFOs to be regulated under the program, which > would hold CAFO owners responsible for contamination. Other lawmakers > say the proposal will cripple agriculture, especially since CAFO > manure would be regulated as a toxic waste under the program. > In Idaho, the Idaho Dairymen's Association is opposed to including > CAFOs in Superfund. Environmental groups, including Idaho Concerned > Area Residents for the Environment, support the idea. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To > unsubsribe from the CONS-CAFO-ACTIVIST list, send any message to: > [log in to unmask] Check out our > Listserv Lists support site for more information: > http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club > Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it > features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view > recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.9/994 - Release Date: 9/7/2007 4:40 PM > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/