The proposed CAFO permit will be costly!
Your comments on this proposed permit are necessary to protect your interests. Please read these details and provide comments to the Department of Ecology.
Send comments to Ecology. They must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Aug. 31. Send comments to:
Washington State Department of Ecology
Water Quality Program
Attn: Jon Jennings
PO Box 47696
Olympia, WA 98504-7696
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/permits/cafo/publicinvolvement.html
It is extremely important to make your voices heard by August 31th.
Here are links to more information to assist in making comments.
Washington State Dairy Federation materials:
- WSDF comments submitted August 29, 2016
- WSDF overview of the CAFO permit
- WSDF background and analysis of CAFO permit
- WSDF suggested comments on the proposed CAFO permit
- Tips on testifying on the CAFO permit
Department of Ecology materials:
- Main page with information and the form for submitting comments electronically
- Draft state-only permit
- Draft combined permit
- Draft fact sheet for state and combined permits
- Draft Application for Coverage Notice of Intent (NOI) for Coverage under a CAFO General Permit
- Draft annual report
- Draft yearly field nutrient budget
- Draft record keeping calendar
- Draft export record keeping
- Draft Small Business Economic Impact Analysis
- Draft Manure and Groundwater Quality: Literature Review
Other materials:
- Storman, Ecology Letter to NRCS
- Effects of Leakage from Four Dairy Waste Storage Ponds on Ground Water Quality (Denis Erickson, Washington State Department of Ecology)
- Ground Water Quality Assessment, Sheridan Dairy Lagoon, Adna, Washington (Denis Erickson, Washington State Department of Ecology)
- Addressing Nitrate in California’s Drinking Water (University of California, Davis)
- Implementation of Nutrient Management Training Program for Farmers (Washington State Department of Agriculture)
- Evaluation of the Effects of Edge-of-Field Grass and Shrub Filter Strips on Fecal Coliform Bacteria Transport in an Agricultural Setting
- Western Dairy News: Using Vegetated Buffers or Setbacks to Reduce Fecal Coliform Bacteria Runoff from Dairy Pastures
- Flow Pathways and Sediment Trapping in a Field-Scale Vegetative Filter (See chart on p. 957.)
- Infiltration Mechanism Controls Nitrification and Denitrification Processes under Dairy Waste Lagoon (Baram et al.)
- Land Application Requirements: Separation Distances (Andersen et al.)