If you have not already contacted your Senator and the Governor about this legislation, our Sierra Club action alert on this can be found here.  Please take action on this important issue. 

Thanks,

Jane Clark

 

http://www.iowa.sierraclub.org/Legislature.htm

Tell your Iowa Senator NOW to oppose all legislation that transfers DNR authority to IDALS.

HF643 (formerly HSB180) is a bill Gov. Terry Branstad and some legislators want adopted because agricultural practices are the primary source of non-point source water pollution in Iowa.  Section 319/Clean Water Act programs include compliance functions, water monitoring and other water quality protection programs.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: laura belin
Sent: Apr 8, 2011 10:13 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Water quality letter DM Register


Mike Gronstal and Kraig Paulsen taped IPTV's Iowa Press today. Haven't watched the show, but Kathie Obradovich covered the taping and quoted Gronstal as saying "Senate won't move water monitoring out of the regulatory body at DNR."

 

They are trying to trick people with the same cosmetic change made to the bill before it passed the Iowa House. They'll keep the "monitoring" at DNR, but IDALS would still "decide where, what and how much to monitor, how to evaluable water quality impairments. They would be in charge of the water quality assessment reports and the list of impaired waters required by the EPA."  

 

http://www.bleedingheartland.com/diary/4658/iowa-house-democrats-afraid-to-stand-up-to-big-ag

 

 

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