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Committee debates S.124 language on "waters" definition, CAFO permitting and stakeholder process
Summary
Legislative Council attorney Michael Grady walked the committee through a revised draft of S.124 on April 3, highlighting changes to definitions, permit-triggering criteria, and a proposed stakeholder process tied to CAFO permitting.
Legislative Council attorney Michael Grady walked the Natural Resources & Energy Committee through a revised draft of S.124 on April 3, focusing on definitions and structure for a CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) permitting framework. "So the the first change is on page 5. It's lines 5 through 8," Grady said as he reviewed line-by-line edits proposed for the bill.
The draft makes multiple technical and structural edits: it removes certain definitional language from statute that the committee discussed should instead live in rulemaking; it moves criteria for when a farm must hold a CAFO permit out of the definition section and into the permitting authority; and it standardizes language such as changing informal deadlines from…
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