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Superfund bill would exempt animal waste
A bill that would exempt manure, poultry litter and their nutrient components from the Superfund law has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. Republican Senators Roy Blunt of Missouri and Mike Crapo of Idaho call their legislation the “Superfund Common-Sense Act” which they say would keep the EPA from including animal manure and poultry litter as a hazardous waste. The bill would also eliminate any reporting requirements for livestock and poultry producers about manure emissions under the Superfund law (also known as the CERCLA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA).
Indiana Senator Dick Lugar is one of the original cosponsors of the bill. The lawmakers say there has been a push to include livestock agriculture in regulation of toxic waste sites.
Tags: Congress, EPA, Livestock, manure management, Missouri
I support the Superfund Common-Sense Act.We compost all of our livestock waste here on the farm along with our wasted hay, straw, and corn stalks from our feeding areas. Once the compost is finish we screen everything larger than 1/4 ” out and return 50 percent of it to our farm and market the remaining 50 percent to local gardeners for 25.00 a cubic yard, demand and sales are going up each year. This helps us offset the part time labor cost and allowes us to give another person a little work. I know for sure that they are putting there money to use and not putting it in a” Foundation” where the money stops and no longer helps pay taxes ! This is were the money stops and can no longer moves to another set of hard working hands. I wish someone would look at how tax free money in a ” Foundation ” could have a real impact on our economy. At rate we are going ” Foundations” will become our banks in the future.