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*EPA to Crack Down on Farm Dust*
*By Jacqueline Sit, NEWS 9<http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=12899662>
*
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering a
crackdown on farm dust, so senators have signed a letter addressing their
concerns on the possible regulations.
The letter dated July 23 to the EPA states, "If approved, would establish
the most stringent and unparalleled regulation of dust in our nation's
history." It further states, "We respect efforts for a clean and healthy
environment, but not at the expense of common sense. These identified levels
will be extremely burdensome for farmers and livestock producers to attain.
Whether its livestock kicking up dust, soybeans being combined on a dry day
in the fall, or driving a car down the gravel road, dust is a naturally
occurring event."
Read the letter to EPA signed by 21 senators including Jim Inhofe and Tom
Coburn <http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/griffin/NEWS9/PDF/1007/EPALetter.PDF>
Many in the Oklahoma farming industry are opposed to the EPA's
consideration. One farmer said the possible regulations are ridiculous.
"It's plain common sense, we don't want to do anything detrimental," said
farmer Curtis Roberts. "If the dust is detrimental to us, it's going to be
to everybody. We're not going to do anything to hurt ourselves or our farm."
Roberts, a fourth generation farmer and rancher in Arcadia, said regulating
dust in rural areas will hurt farmers' harvest, cultivation and livelihood.
"Anytime you work ground, you're going to have dust. I don't know how
they'll regulate it," Roberts said. "The regulations are going to put us
down and keep us from doing things we need to be doing because of the EPA."
Oklahoma Farm Bureau President Mike Spradling said the rules could be
detrimental to farmers across the Sooner State.
"We as an organization do not feel dust is a pollutant," Spradling said. "It
would almost be impossible to comply with what's being addressed now from
the EPA as in agriculture. We're doing everything we possibly can."
"It's just common sense, we don't like dust in the morning but it's
something we got to live with," Roberts said.
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