Floods wash away CAFO rules (for awhile) - 04 Aug 2008 St. Joseph News-Press,The waiver permits the CAFOs, as known by their acronym, to discharge wastewater from their lagoons and land application process. The department is allowing
From cleaner harbour water to dirty farmland By FRED BLOIS - Jul 30, 2008 TheChronicleHerald.ca,The land application of biosolids poses a threat to our agricultural land and farm animals. It also puts our food, water and health at risk.
Painville asks for permit renewal - Jul 22, 2008 Washington Times Herald,A renewal application for a site-specific land application permit was received by the Solid Waste Permits Section of the Indiana Department of Environmental
Zoning will allow biosolids storage - Jul 24, 2008 New Era Progress,By Justin Faulconer Though Amherst County has no pending permits for land application of biosolids, officials are still taking steps to regulate its storage
Burlington in middle of sludge debate - Jul 21, 2008 Burlington Times News,NANCY HOLT HAS campaigned for years against land application. Holt says she has an inoperable brain tumor and attributes it to toxins in biosolids spread on
Biosolids a ‘disaster in waiting’ »» - Jul 16, 2008 The Independent Online,Land application is regulated under the Environmental Protection Act and Nutrient Management Act. Ms. Smith points to a 2001 report by the Water Environment
Forest Service receives revised resort application - Jul 15, 2008 KPAX-TV,AP - July 15, 2008 4:34 PM ET HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Developers of a resort proposed for private and federal land just south of Missoula have given the US
Grand Island biogas project online for fall completion at Swift - Jul 28, 2008 Grand Island Independent,In addition, Hall said, to reduce the plant's dependence on fossil fuels, JBS Swift will be able to reduce the land application of organic waste materials
Manure-spreading condemned at CAFO Watch Conference - Jul 28, 2008 Muncie Star Press,Land application of CAFO manure onto farm fields "is more akin to waste disposal than fertilizer," Hudson said. The greatest economic value of rural
Detroit sludge hauler eyeing Green Oak contract - Jul 30, 2008 Livingston Daily,The township has been granted a land application permit by the state Department of Environmental Quality. Synagro appears to be the low bidder,
Residents fight for their green space - Jul 16, 2008 Bradford Telegraph Argus,By Mel Fairhurst » A David and Goliath battle is being fought as a parish council takes on authority bosses who want to build on open land villagers have
Berks Farmer Welcomes Biosolids Testing on His Farm - Jul 11, 2008 Lancaster Farming,...“At the end of the day, are they trying to end land application?� Reider said. “It’s as safe as any land application on fields.
Partnership finds use for waste products - Jul 28, 2008 Green Bay Press Gazette,Our goal for this effort is to create a financially viable alternative to land application of the various organic wastes and create a new industry with new
Rehoboth Beach officials continue wastewater debate - Jul 23, 2008 Cape Gazette,Commissioner Stan Mills, who gave the presentation, said originally, land application was not an option because the cost of the land was too expensive.
PennAg, Farm Bureau Defend Corbett’s ACRE Record - Jul 25, 2008 Lancaster Farming,...“The duty of the office of attorney general is to enforce the state law even though it may lead to an outcome that some dislike, such as land application of
• Is sewage fertilizer safe? - Jul 12, 2008 Hamilton Spectator,Since then, the province has pushed so-called land application as a safe option for municipalities struggling to deal with fast-filling landfills and a US
EPD has yet to sign off on Guyton sewage plant - Jul 7, 2008 Effingham Herald,The state’s guidelines also say that if no significant adverse public comments are received, a final land application system permit may be issued for a
Human waste as fertilizer for parks effective, but is it safe? - Jul 30, 2008 Grand Junction Sentinel,...“The state regulates the land application of biosolids. We actually issue a notice of authorization,� he said. After the Hayman and Buffalo Creek fires,
Turning sewage sludge into profits - Jul 30, 2008 Ottawa Business Journal,She added the government is committed to an eventual ban on land application of untreated septage, but is waiting for additional treatment capacity to be
DNR seeks comments on changes to CAFO rule - Jul 22, 2008 The Marshall Democrat-News,Changes would modify requirements for certain best management practices, including setbacks for land application and requirements for nutrient management
Sludge series had the dirt on biosolids - Jul 19, 2008 Toronto Star,As her series points out, Europe is rapidly discontinuing land application to preserve its agricultural soil untainted. They are reducing their dependence
ODD JOBS: You flush it, he finds it - Jul 22, 2008 St. Charles Journal,Another job often unknown to those outside the wastewater field is the plant's land application program, Miller said. Here, employees dispose of the final
UGA researchers turn down arbitration in federal lawsuit - Jul 27, 2008 Red and Black,Gaskin is a land application specialist in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. In 1998, Walker assembled a team including Gaskin,
Tossing Mullet - Jul 15, 2008 Lagniappe,The cornerstone of this approach employs the very successful and proven technologies used on the Baldwin County coast – land application.
Amherst County could give OK to biosolids storage - Jul 14, 2008 Lynchburg News and Advance,There are currently no permits pending for land application of biosolids in Amherst, said County Administrator Rodney Taylor. The new regulation would give
Infrastructure impact - Jul 23, 2008 Sturgis Journal,...of sewer system improvements and expansion will take place in part to accommodate Abbott Nutrition’s need to phase out their land application system.
Council wading in on wastewater - Jul 6, 2008 Dubuque Telegraph Herald,Anaerobic digestion has been used for decades to stabilize sludge prior to land application of the digested sludge. The city will build four anaerobic
OCRK to hold meeting on Guyton's plans - Jul 21, 2008 Effingham Herald,However, before plans can move forward with the Environmental Protection Division in obtaining the required land application system permit, Council has to
New regulations for Minn. feedlots - Jul 14, 2008 Minnesota Public Radio,..."The issues that we believe the producers are going to be concerned about are largely related to the land application requirements for winter spreading and
Back to square one on LHR - Jul 10, 2008 White County News-Telegraph,Nonnemaker said EPD could deny LHR Farms a Land Application System permit now that the agency has gotten results from its soil and water tests.
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