EPA changes regulation requiring milk spill plan from dairy farmers

The Syracuse Post-Standard ^ | April 12, 2011 | Debra J. Groom

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Washington, D.C. -- The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to exempt dairy farmers from provisions of the Clean Water Act, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said Tuesday.

The Clean Water Act since 1970 required dairy farmers to develop and implement plans on how to handle a milk spill -- the same sort of plan as oil companies had to develop for handling oil spills.

Schumer said the EPA claimed that since milk contained animal fat -- which is an oil -- the milk spills had to be treated the same way.

Schumer said he has fought this regulation because the intent of Congress in these regulations was meant to apply to toxic substances and companies like ExxonMobil and BP, and to oil, not a dairy farm and milk.

[G Larry]

The EPA will kill the portion of the American economy that Obamacare misses.

[aruanan]

Schumer said he has fought this regulation because the intent of Congress in these regulations was meant to apply to toxic substances and companies like ExxonMobil and BP, and to oil, not a dairy farm and milk.

I would love to see the correspondence of New York dairies to Schumer threatening to twist his nuts off if he didn't oppose this.

[goat granny]

LOL a nuring mother can have a simular problem if she cannot get home at feeding time...milk comes in no matter where you are once your on schedule...I know from experience in getting into an accident in the KMart parking lot, sitting in the back of a police car....Not fun....:O(