News regarding Air Emissions
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June 22, 2005 |
Click here for instructions for signing up for the EPA Air Emissions Compliance Agreement.
June 6, 2005
Environmental attorney David Cook addresses key questions on the Consent Agreement in an article that appears in the June 2005 issue of Hoard's Dairyman magazine.
Click here to view.
May 12, 2005
Dr. Al Rotz, USDA-ARS used a process-based model to estimate the
number of cows needed to emit greater than 100 lbs of ammonia in 24 hours.
The article appears in Hoard's Dairyman magazine; click
here to view.
May 10, 2005
The Northeast Dairy Producers Association wrote a letter to the US
dairy industry on May 5, 2005 addressing the EPA Air Emission Compliance Agreement.
Click
here to view the letter.
May 5, 2005
Guest Column on EPA Air Quality Compliance Agreement for Animal Feeding Operations.
(by Jon Scholl, Counselor to the Administrator for Agricultural Policy, U.S. EPA)
May 2, 2005
Click
here to go to a question and answer document prepared by US EPA.
April 25, 2005
Directions for filling out the
EPA Air Emission Compliance Agreement can be obtained by following this
link.
March 30, 2005
USDA releases greenhouse-gas-reporting guidelines
Last week, the USDA and the U.S. Department of Energy released guidelines for
keeping track of greenhouse gases and possibly earning credits for voluntary
gas reductions. For more information,
follow this link.
March 9, 2005
Click
here
for the one page article: The EPA Air Emissions Compliance Agreement for Animal Feeding Operations: Why should dairy producers pay attention?
March 2, 2005
Click here
for overview of the US EPA Air Quality Compliance Agreement that
was prepared for the March 1st Northeast Dairy Producer Association Annual
Meeting by Nixon Peabody LLC and the PRO-DAIRY Program.
February 28, 2005
The official EPA AFO Air documents can be
located at the web site below:
Instructions: Go to http://www.epa.gov/airlinks/airlinks1.html,
scroll down to January 21, 2005
The link provides access to all the pertinent EPA documents on the Consent
Agreement. The link labeled "Text of the consent agreement (PDF,
41 pp., 132 KB)" is the official document that producers will need
if they expect to participate.
February 14, 2005
The Northeast Dairy Producers Association (NEDPA) released a Resolution
on the EPA Air Emission Compliance Agreement on February 8, 2005. The
Resolution
has multiple recommendations including that producers sign the Agreement.
February 1, 2005
The Northeast Dairy Producers Association (NEDPA) is holding their annual
meeting on March 1, 2005 in Syracuse, NY. The focus of the meeting
will be on the EPA Air Quality Compliance Agreement including leading
speakers on the subject and a facilitated discussion.
Click here
for a registration form.
January 25, 2005
Click
here for a dairy industry Executive Summary of the EPA Air
Quality Compliance Agreement and Final Order.
EPA Air Quality
Compliance Agreement:Timeline and Flow Chart
January 21, 2005
The US Environmental Protection Agency released the air emission
Consent Agreement today. The terms and conditions of the consent agreement
are available by clicking
here
November 04, 2004
With last week's election history it is believed that the consent agreement
will be published soon. (Source: The Bureau of National Affairs November
4, 2004).
read more (pdf)
November 04, 2004
Federal Court Court Decision Forces Senator Larry Craig To Reconsider Strategy
On CAFO Exemptions (source: © Inside Washington Publishers)
read more (pdf)
July 27, 2004
A second national conference call was held on July 13 to discuss the EPA
Consent Agreement (CA) for agricultural air emissions. The guest speakers were
Mr. Robert Kaplan, Director Special Litigation and Projects Division, Office of
Regulatory Enforcement at EPA and Dr. Albert Heber, Professor in Agricultural
and Biological Engineering at Purdue University. Each gave a very informative
presentation that was followed by a question and answer session.
There are a few key items that were discussed by Mr. Kaplan on July 13th that
require immediate attention if the industry wishes to be in a position to learn
more about and have input on the CA and the process before accepting or
rejecting it. read more
June 8, 2004
A national conference call has been schedule for June 16, 2004 for
representatives of state or regional dairy producer associations to discuss the
EPA Consent Agreement. Producer associations from NY, PA, WI, FL, GA, TN, AL,
VA, and ID have indicated they will be participating. A report will be
available following the meeting.
June 4, 2004
Sources indicated last month that the EPA Consent Agreement was scheduled to be
posted in the Federal Register sometime close to the Memorial day weekend. This
did not occur. The latest information we have is that it may be released in mid
June or near the fourth of July holiday. Further updates on this will be made
as we find out more.
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