Tony Shelton
BS Detector, Esquire
Keep it on property.
Ron has been saying this for years. So have I.
We've been ridiculed by "icons" and "leaders" of the industry with posts like this:
And hopeless surrendering posts like this:
Other industries are fighting back....and winning:
http://nationalhogfarmer.com/environment/court-challenges-epa-s-stance-clean-water-act-discharges
A federal court’s refusal to agree to a request by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to dismiss a case brought by West Virginia poultry farmer Lois Alt is being declared a victory for poultry and livestock farmers.
Alt sued EPA challenging an agency order demanding that she obtain a Clean Water Act discharge permit for ordinary stormwater runoff from her farmyard, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, which supported the farmer in the case.
EPA withdrew the Alt order, but the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ruled that the case should go forward because EPA had not changed its stance on potential discharges to the waters of the United States and whether any potential discharges from stormwater runoff from Alt’s operation qualify for the agricultural stormwater exemption to NPDES permit requirements under the federal Clean Water Act.
Where have our defenders been?
Ron has been saying this for years. So have I.
We've been ridiculed by "icons" and "leaders" of the industry with posts like this:
Well their is no doubt who is part of the "Ron Machine" & the "Dirty Dozen". Thanks for identifying yourselves.
And hopeless surrendering posts like this:
.........No matter what I do or others, you are not going to change the direction of the EPA; it is too strong. You will have to work within their structure.
Ron:........While that statement of "No Off Property Discharge" does not come under the Jurisdiction of the Federal EPA it may come under the Jurisdiction of the Local Authorities. Their reasoning is this: The contaminates from your power washing may be washed off property during a rain even so they have authority. Kansas City is a good example of this and is one of several jurisdictions that enforce this.
Off Property Discharge can be: Surface Runoff, Ground Water Contamination, and Air Contamination. I have represented Contract Cleaners for all three of these to AHJs as PWNA Environmental Chairman......
Other industries are fighting back....and winning:
http://nationalhogfarmer.com/environment/court-challenges-epa-s-stance-clean-water-act-discharges
A federal court’s refusal to agree to a request by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to dismiss a case brought by West Virginia poultry farmer Lois Alt is being declared a victory for poultry and livestock farmers.
Alt sued EPA challenging an agency order demanding that she obtain a Clean Water Act discharge permit for ordinary stormwater runoff from her farmyard, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation, which supported the farmer in the case.
EPA withdrew the Alt order, but the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia ruled that the case should go forward because EPA had not changed its stance on potential discharges to the waters of the United States and whether any potential discharges from stormwater runoff from Alt’s operation qualify for the agricultural stormwater exemption to NPDES permit requirements under the federal Clean Water Act.
Where have our defenders been?