Environmental Protection Agency
- ISU's List of Important Dates Concerning the EPA Agreement
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1/31/05 - Agreement posted in the Federal Register
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5/01/05 - EPA comment period on the Agreement closes
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7/01/05 - Producer sign-up period ends
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8/01/05 - EPA signs agreements if enough producers sign up
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9/05 - Producers who participate pay penalties (estimated date; required 30 days after receiving a signed agreement from EPA)
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12/05 - Large CAFOs report NH 3 emissions to EPA (estimated date; required 120 days after receiving a signed agreement from EPA)
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12/05 - Monitoring Study Begins (estimated date)
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12/07 - Monitoring Study Ends (estimated date)
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6/09 - EPA publishes Emission Estimation Methodologies (estimated date; Expected 18 months after monitoring study ends)
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8/09 - Producers certify their Clean Air Act permit status to EPA (estimated date; required 60 days after EPA publishes methodologies)
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10/09 - Producers obtain Clean Air Act permits and report NH3 and H2S emissions if required (estimated date; required 120 days after EPA publishes methodologies)
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Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Other States Information on the EPA Consent Agreement
Other Information