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Preparing for an EPA Inspection
2013-08-09 00:50:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Iowa Farm Bureau and Coalition to Support Iowas Farmers As livestock farms face increased scrutiny, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in states like Iowa conducts aerial flyovers, internet investigations and onsite inspections. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) also investigates complaints and responds to emergency manure spills in many states, too. Because inspections can often occur with no prior notice to the farmer, the Iowa Farm Bureau and Coalition to Support Iowas Farmers have put together a checklist for producers to help prepare for an inspection at any time. The goal is to help producers think about how to prepare ahead of time to respond on the day the EPA inspector drives into the yard. read more
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Bid to Repeal Ethanol Mandate Seen Diluted by EPA Change
2013-08-08 22:13:52| Agriculture - Topix.net
Corn ethanol producers say a pledge by U.S. regulators to lower the level of renewable fuel use required next year may deflate a well-funded oil industry effort aimed at persuading Congress to repeal the mandate.
EPA Wants To Allow Continued Wastewater Dumping In Wyoming
2013-08-07 23:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to let oil companies continue to dump polluted wastewater on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. This includes chemicals that companies add to the wells during hydraulic fracturing, an engineering practice that makes wells produce more oil. An NPR investigation last year discovered that the EPA was allowing oil companies to send so much of this contaminated water onto dry land that it was creating raging streams. At the time, there was a controversy...
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EPA Wipes Away Rule
2013-08-07 19:16:00| Chemical Processing
As one of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthys first official acts, on July 23, 2013, the Administrator signed a final rule easing the requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for solvent-contaminated rags and wipes.
EPA Maintains Key RFS Volumes for 2013, Signals Potential Changes to 2014 Volumes
2013-08-07 18:07:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: American Soybean Association The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the finalization of its proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume requirements for 2013 for conventional biofuels, cellulosic biofuels and the total amount of Advanced Biofuels. EPA had previously finalized the 2013 volume requirements for biomass-based diesel at 1.28 billion gallons. read more
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