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House committee passes farm dust bill

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce passed the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 on Wednesday. H.R. 1633 would exempt farm dust from the Clean Air Act unless the Environmental Protection Agency administrator can prove it is a significant problem and that applying the standard is worth the costs. It also gives states and local governments the authority in regulating dust.

The bill now goes to the full House; a companion bill has been introduced in the Senate.

The EPA has contended all along it has no intention of regulating farm dust but some have raised concerns that the agency could do so at some time in the future. H.R. 1633 is designed to prevent that from happening.

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