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Committee briefed on S.124: CAFO permitting, fee shifts and EPA corrective-action risks
Summary
Members of the House Ways & Means Committee received an overview of S.124, a Natural Resources bill that clarifies state responsibilities for CAFO permitting, shifts some farm-permit fee revenue from the Agency of Agriculture to ANR, and responds to EPA corrective-action concerns.
Members of the House Ways & Means Committee received an overview of S.124, a Natural Resources bill that clarifies state responsibilities for concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) permitting, shifts some fee revenue from the Agency of Agriculture to the Agency of Natural Resources (ANR), and responds to EPA corrective-action concerns, Legislative Council and fiscal analysts said.
Legislative Council attorney Michael (Mike) O'Grady told the committee that the federal Clean Water Act requires delegated states to permit certain discharges—including CAFO discharges—and described how Vermont historically used an Agency of Agriculture program to avoid some CAFO permits by preventing discharges through state agricultural programs. "If you don't give us a corrective action…
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