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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ____
1 2 BY KING, McKINLEY, BEHN, VEENSTRA, RITTMER, JENSEN,
1 3 DRAKE, ZIEMAN, REHBERG, ANGELO, JOHNSON, LAMBERTI,
1 4 FREEMAN, McKEAN, MILLER, McKIBBEN, SEXTON, GASKILL,
1 5 REDWINE, SCHUERER, IVERSON, KRAMER, McLAREN, BOETTGER,
1 6 MADDOX, and KIBBIE
1 7 A Concurrent Resolution to call upon the President and
1 8 the Congress of the United States to intervene on
1 9 behalf of the cattle industry in Iowa prior to the
1 10 United States Environmental Protection Agency's
1 11 implementation of the agency's interpretation of the
1 12 1972 Clean Water Act.
1 13 WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection
1 14 Agency has aggressively interpreted the provisions of
1 15 the 1972 Clean Water Act; and
1 16 WHEREAS, input at the public hearings held by the
1 17 Environmental Protection Agency on the agency's
1 18 proposed interpretation and implementation of the 1972
1 19 Clean Water Act makes it clear that the Iowa cattle
1 20 industry is threatened by the agency's proposed
1 21 interpretation and implementation of the 1972 Clean
1 22 Water Act; and
1 23 WHEREAS, enforcement of total containment
1 24 provisions of the 1972 Clean Water Act for open
1 25 feedlots in Iowa is causing a tremendous amount of
1 26 fear and uncertainty among Iowa's 13,300 feedlot
1 27 owners as to whether their operations can afford to
1 28 comply either physically or financially with the law;
1 29 and
1 30 WHEREAS, this uncertainty is causing feedlot owners
2 1 to halt the purchase of feedlot equipment and
2 2 improvements, creating an immediate impact on Iowa's
2 3 economy; and
2 4 WHEREAS, enforcement of total containment
2 5 provisions of the 1972 Clean Water Act for open
2 6 feedlots discriminates against the feedlot industry in
2 7 Iowa and other states with higher average rainfall,
2 8 placing a severe economic burden on feedlots trying to
2 9 come in compliance with the Act; and
2 10 WHEREAS, these provisions will demand the creation
2 11 of hundreds of new lagoons in Iowa along with the
2 12 expensive equipment required to dewater these lagoons;
2 13 and
2 14 WHEREAS, the uncertainty of the future of many Iowa
2 15 feedlots due to these regulations will affect the
2 16 plans for promoting and advancing value-added
2 17 agriculture related to the beef industry; and
2 18 WHEREAS, there are currently no cost-share programs
2 19 available for feedlots over 1,000 head and limited
2 20 funds available for smaller feedlots, therefore
2 21 placing undue hardship on Iowa feedlot operators to
2 22 make the necessary changes to comply with the
2 23 Environmental Protection Agency's zero discharge
2 24 standard; and
2 25 WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency's
2 26 proposed interpretation and implementation of the 1972
2 27 Clean Water Act also threatens and impacts wet-mill
2 28 ethanol plants that are currently being planned and
2 29 constructed; and
2 30 WHEREAS, the cattle industry is vital to the food
3 1 supply of America; and
3 2 WHEREAS, the cattle industry is vital to the
3 3 economic well-being of Iowans; NOW THEREFORE,
3 4 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
3 5 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the Iowa General
3 6 Assembly calls upon the President of the United
3 7 States, the Director of the United States
3 8 Environmental Protection Agency, and the Congress of
3 9 the United States to intervene on behalf of the cattle
3 10 industry in Iowa to allow alternative technologies to
3 11 be used, instead of the total containment requirement
3 12 of the Environmental Protection Agency's open feedlot
3 13 regulations, as well as to provide cost-share programs
3 14 available for construction related to compliance.
3 15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
3 16 Senate, upon passage of this resolution, shall send
3 17 copies of the resolution to the President of the
3 18 United States, the President of the United States
3 19 Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of
3 20 Representatives, the Director of the United States
3 21 Environmental Protection Agency, and all members of
3 22 Iowa's congressional delegation.
3 23 LSB 3415XS 79
3 24 av/cls/14.1
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