See summary below.


Wally Taylor





Judge Rules Against Iowa Farm Bureau 
On October 13, Polk County District Judge Brad McCall ruled that the Iowa Environmental Council (IEC) would not be required to hand over internal emails concerning the antidegradation rules to the Iowa Farm Bureau, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association and the Iowa Water Environment Association as part of the three organizations’ lawsuit against the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Commission.  The Iowa Farm Bureau and the other organization sought the emails to determine if Susan Heathcote, IEC’s Water Program Director, had used her position as an Environmental Protection Commission member to push the rule’s passage.  The judge ruled that Iowa Farm Bureau, Iowa Renewable Fuels Association and Iowa Water Environment Association had enough material from IEC to prepare their case. EPC and DNR filed a Motion for Summary Judgment asking that the case be decided in their favor without a trial.  The judge ruled that Farm Bureau and its allies have until November 4, 2011, to file papers letting him know why the case should proceed to trial.  Read the ruling.

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