Guest guest Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 I went looking back to see if I could find the post with the link to the actual EPA proposal and couldn't. Anybody have it handy? I'd really like to show my neighbor, it's good for him to stomp around a bit now and then and NAIS isn't getting him as riled anymore. Also, on the same note, if they want to measure the cow's farts a friend has a great idea that I'll pass along. The fella from the EPA puts his head up where the farts come from and passes the info on to the rest of us.... just a little country humor. Belinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 That reminds me of a t-shirt I saw..It says..."I'd like to see things from your point of view but I can't stick my head that far up my a** Also, on the same note, if they want to measure the cow's farts a friend has a great idea that I'll pass along. The fella from the EPA puts his head up where the farts come from and passes the info on to the rest of us.... just a little country humor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Here is the link: http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2008/July/Day-30/a16432a.pdf ----------this is what they actually said------------ If GHG emissions from agricultural sources are regulated under the CAA, numerous farming operations that currently are not subject to the costly and time-consuming Title V permitting process would, for the first time, become covered entities. Even very small agricultural operations would meet a 100-tons-per-year emissions threshold. For example, dairy facilities with over 25 cows, beef cattle operations of over 50 cattle, swine operations with over 200 hogs, and farms with over 500 acres of corn may need to get a Title V permit. It is neither efficient nor practical to require permitting and reporting of GHG emissions from farms of this size. Excluding only the 200,000 largest commercial farms, our agricultural landscape is comprised of 1.9 million farms with an average value of production of $25,589 on 271 acres. These operations simply could not bear the regulatory compliance costs that would be involved . ------------------------------------------snip [GHG is green house gas CAA is clean air act] I don't see how anyone could think EPA is proposing a new tax. They are trying to get comments which will support the idea of doing nothing. Obviously there is a lot of publicity which has tended to come from one source. Seems like it is a Farm Bureau plan to get the small farms defending the big farms. labelleacres wrote: > > I went looking back to see if I could find the post with the link to > the actual EPA proposal and couldn't. Anybody have it handy? I'd > really like to show my neighbor, it's good for him to stomp around a > bit now and then and NAIS isn't getting him as riled anymore. > > Also, on the same note, if they want to measure the cow's farts a > friend has a great idea that I'll pass along. The fella from the EPA > puts his head up where the farts come from and passes the info on to > the rest of us.... just a little country humor. > > Belinda > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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