Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
2/5/01
Contacts:
Beth Doran, Iowa Beef Center, (712) 472-2576, doranb@iastate.edu
Wendy Miller, Iowa Beef Center, (515) 294-9124, wmiller@iastate.edu
Feedlot Meeting Addresses Environmental Issues
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa -- Proposed regulations released by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency are going to have a profound effect on the way feedlot operators manage their businesses.
Some of the proposed regulations involve redefining the size of concentrated animal feeding operations, changing the evaluation criteria for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, developing a site-specific permit nutrient management plan, initial environmental audits and using a phosphorous index to determine manure application rates.
A Feedlot Environmental Quality meeting is set to help producers learn about the proposed regulations pertaining to open feedlots from 7 to10 p.m., Feb. 21, at the Dordt College Science Building 101 in Sioux Center, Iowa.
The topics and speakers are:
* How New Environmental Regulations Will Affect You -
Carol Balvanz, vice president for Public Policy, Iowa
Cattlemen's Association
* Present and Pending Regulations for Iowa's Cattle Feeders
- Wayne Gieselman, unit coordinator, Animal Feeding
Operations, Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
* Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning and Funding -
Paul Miller, manure management facilitator, Iowa Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
The Feedlot Environmental Quality Meeting is sponsored by Iowa State University Extension, the Iowa Beef Center, Dordt College, Iowa Cattlemen's Association (District 1) and NRCS.
A snow date of Feb. 26 has been set in case of inclement weather. For more information, call Beth Doran, ISU extension beef field specialist, at (712) 472- 2576 or visit the Iowa Beef Center's Web site at http://www.iowabeefcenter.org.
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