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Ag Air Quality Symposium
AGRICULTURE AND AIR QUALITY SYMPOSIUMS SCHEDULED
Agriculture groups partner to host agriculture and air quality symposiums to inform
producers about the impacts of nitrogen deposition on sensitive ecosystems.
CEUs available for Certified Crop Advisors
Greeley, CO – Members of Colorado’s Agriculture and Air Quality Technical workgroup will be hosting two symposiums focusing on ways agriculture is helping to reduce nitrogen deposition impacts at Rocky Mountain National P
Ag Air Quaility Symposium
AGRICULTURE AND AIR QUALITY SYMPOSIUMS SCHEDULED Agriculture groups partner to host agriculture and air quality symposiums to inform producers about the impacts of nitrogen deposition on sensitive ecosystems.
CEUs available for Certified Crop Advisors
Greeley, CO – Members of Colorado’s Agriculture and Air Quality Technical workgroup will be hosting two symposiums focusing on ways agriculture is helping to reduce nitrogen deposition impacts at Rocky Mountain National Park through mo
NCGA Asks Farmers, Allies to Speak Out Against Petition Seeking Ban on Atrazine
The National Corn Growers Association reminds farmers and their allies to submit comments opposing a petition filed with the Environmental Protection Agency that would ban atrazine use and production before the public comment period closes on November 14. The petition, originally submitted this spring by an activist organization named Save the Frogs, asks for both further review of this proven herbicide and regulatory changes.
EPA Extends Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Compliance Date
On October 18, 2011, the U.S. EPA amended the date by which farms must prepare or amend and implement their Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans, to May 10, 2013. If EPA receives no adverse comment by November 2, 2011, then the rule will become effective on November 7, 2011.
An overwhelming segment of the continental United States was affected by flooding during the spring and summer of 2011.
Colorado Corn Works Toward Passage of H.R. 872 in Senate
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) deadline of October 31, 2011, is fast approaching for implementation of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES); a system that requires a new permitting process on already regulated practices. A vote in the Senate on H.R.
EPA SPCC Meeting
Farm Groups Arrange Public Meeting at May Farms to Review EPA Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Program
Elbert/Lincoln and East Adams/Arapahoe County Farmers Unions, FUSA Insurance agents John Hickey (Limon) and Dan Weller (Strasburg), the Colorado Corn Growers and the Colorado Association of Wheat Growers are hosting a public information meeting to let farmers and ranchers know their obligations under the Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) program.
ACTION ALERT: Support Needed on H.R.872
Last week, a group of 22 members of the House of Representatives – 14 Republicans and 8 Democrats -- introduced the Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2011, H.R. 872. This bipartisan legislation clarifies that National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits are not required when applying pesticides according to their EPA approved label.
Please contact your congressional delegation to urge them to cosponsor this important legislation. There will be a markup in the House Agriculture Committee tomorrow morning.
Opportunity to Comment on EPA's Plan to Review & Revise Regulations.
EPA is joining all federal regulatory agencies in beginning a process for periodic review of existing significant regulations. This new
process will help identify opportunities to modify, expand, streamline or repeal Agency regulations to make efforts to protect human health and the environment more effective and/or less burdensome. One of the first steps in developing this regulatory review process is to solicit input from EPA stakeholders on how we design our plan to accomplish this periodic review.
Oil Spill Prevention, Control & Countermeasure Program
The second regional meeting on Oil Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Program will be held March 15, 2011, from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM at the Wiggins Fire Department in the Fire Hall, 701 Central Avenue, Wiggins, CO.
Program to include: Fred Midcap, Morgan County Farmers Union President with a welcome and introductions of co-sponsors, Steve Thorne, safety officer for the Wiggins CHS Co-op on significance of the issue, and Jennifer Meints, Region 8 Agriculture Advisor, U.S.
