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EPA says farm dust requires regulation
Townhall ^ | Friday, February 27, 2009 | MARCO SANTANA

Posted on 02/27/2009 11:55:26 AM PST by Sequoyah101

Nothing says summer in Iowa like a cloud of dust behind a combine.

But what may be a fact of life for farmers is a cause for concern to federal regulators, who are refusing to exempt growers from new environmental regulations.

It's left some farmers feeling bemused and more than a little frustrated.

"It's such a non-commonsense idea that you can keep dust within a property line when the wind blows," said Sen. Charles Grassley, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee who still farms in northeast Iowa.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: epa; farm; stupid
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To: wideminded
Last summer I became very ill for a long time after mowing some tall grass in my back yard,

Moral: Grow food, not grass.

61 posted on 02/27/2009 6:44:09 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (If Liberalism doesn't kill me, I'll live 'till I die!)
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To: Wolfie
If, for example, they couldn’t find anyone to work as an EPA inspector, it would stop.

Actually, the way to stop this is to get the jobs where the rubber meets the road. It did not happen if it never gets written up, and the field inspector is the one who will pursue the case or not.

Otherwise, all the dry-land wheat and other grains of the Dakotas, Eastern Montana, and further south will be subject to this crap.

The bottom line is that Obama will be starving Americans within two years, and 'flyover country' will be the new Ukraine. The Obamites will come for the grain in the bins.

62 posted on 02/27/2009 6:53:52 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Sequoyah101

Every day I just keep thinking it can’t be much worse, then it is! These people are INSANE! They are trying to kill us independent, self sustaining people. Will this also apply to people putting in gardens? How far will it go?! UGGGHHHH my head is going to explode.


63 posted on 02/27/2009 7:35:05 PM PST by buschbaby (Real change will come when everyone is as angry as I am.)
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To: Sequoyah101

We’re so screwed


64 posted on 03/02/2009 8:16:25 PM PST by Lorianne
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