EPA declares hay a pollutant

[OnlinePoker]

EPA declares hay a pollutant in effort to drive small, mid-sized family cattle ranchers out of business

NaturalNews) The assault against American industry and individual livelihood continues -- and no, it is not coming from Al-Qaeda or other foreign terrorists. A recent report from R-CALF USA, an advocacy group for American cattle producers, says the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared harmless cattle hay a "pollutant," which is part of the agency's agenda to squelch family-scale cattle ranches in favor of corporately-owned, mega-sized feedlot operations.

http://www.naturalnews.com/033537_hay_pollutant.html

Who would have thought that a product that has sustained the beef industry for centuries is harmful. Sometimes, scientists have to get their heads out of their ass.

[aSpeckofDust]

1. Science had nothing to do with this. Money does.

[AnOhioan]

2. Not buying it....sounds like propaganda from the right

[hedgehog]

3. It's always best to back track a story that's flying around right wing blogs.....

The EPA, in a written compliance order dated Aug. 15, notified Callicrate Feeding Co. of St. Francis, Kan., that “it appears there have been significant violations of the Clean Water Act” at the Kansas operation.

The EPA says it found four counts of violations at the business: failures to maintain adequate records, failures to maintain adequate storage capacity, failures to meet nutrient management plan requirements and failures to conduct all production area operations within areas that are controlled in a manner capable of preventing pollution, according to EPA’s compliance order.

Callicrate Feeding Co. failed to operate the feedstock storage area within an area that’s controlled in a manner capable of preventing pollution, which violates the Clean Water Act and the feedlot’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, the EPA says.

http://www.agweek.com/event/article/id/19061/

In St. Francis, inspectors at Callicrate Feeding Co.'s lot identified violations of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program. Infractions at the northwest Kansas facility included failure to maintain adequate wastewater storage capacity, failure to meet nutrient management plan requirements, failure to conduct operations to prevent pollution and failure to maintain adequate records.

The EPA order to A.J. Jones at Callicrate requires the company to coordinate compliance with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The beef operation had a permitted capacity of 12,000 cattle and was confining 3,200 at the time of the inspection.

http://cjonline.com/news/2011-08-22/epa-reports-infractions-st-francis-feedlot#.TnEoJ9TK0mc



Stormwater runoff from
CAFO production areas such
as confinement pens, feedstock
storage areas and manure stockpiles,
and runoff from land
application areas, can cause
exceedances of water quality
standards, pose risks to human
health, threaten aquatic life and
its habitat, and impair the use
and enjoyment of waterways.
According to the administrative
compliance orders issued
by EPA Region 7 in Kansas
City, Kan.: A.J. Jones, d/b/a
Callicrate Feeding Company,
St. Francis, KS was included
in the list. An inspection in
February 2011 identified significant
NPDES permit violations,
including failure to
maintain adequate wastewater
storage capacity, failure to
meet Nutrient Management
Plan requirements, failure to
conduct operations within areas
that are controlled in a
manner capable of preventing
pollution, and failure to maintain
adequate records. The order
requires the operation to
comply with all terms of the
Clean Water Act and its NPDES
permit, and to coordinate
with the Kansas Department
of Health and Environment on
its compliance. The order requires
the operation to comply
with the terms of its Nutrient
Management Plan, including
sampling and recordkeeping
requirements. The feedlot
has a permitted capacity of
12,000 cattle and was confining
approximately 3,219 cattle
at the time of the inspection

http://www.thewesterntimes.com/pages/137901.pdf


In other words, hay becomes a pollutant when water is allowed to run through stored hay and carry excess nutrients into nearby open waters.

[madrchsod]

4. i found a picture of the hay in question

he was storing larfe round bales on the side of a small hill. i can see where the run off of several thousand bales would create a problem.

[hedgehog]

7. Any chance of posting the photo?

[madrchsod]

10. sorry it was buried in about 4 links...

[jwirr]

8. Especially if they were not properly covered and were rotting. The

mold and mildew would be running right down that hill into the water.

[madrchsod]

11. yup... it wasn`t covered

[The Magistrate]

5. When These Freaks Can Cite An Actual Printed Regulation, Sir, Get Back To YUs

Until then, this is just the standard issue end-product of consuming hay....

[humbled_opinion]

6. Well than this is the Last Straw.....

"ba-dum-bum-CHING"

[hatrack]

9. Oh, bullshit. Show me the regulation in the EPA rules.

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