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IEC, ELPC Petition for New Rules to Protect Drinking Water From CAFO Pollution

posted 8/11/2021
The Iowa Environmental Council and Environmental Law & Policy Center have filed a petition for rulemaking with Iowa's Environmental Protection Commission to protect drinking water, groundwater, and karst terrain from pollution. The rules would restrict development of large animal feeding operations in sensitive landscapes.

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DNR Director Won't Use Authority to Review Supreme Beef

posted 6/2/2021
The DNR and state Attorney General's Office denied the recent request to review Supreme Beef using the DNR Director's Discretion Rule.

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IEC, Sierra Club, and more than 40 Iowa groups call on DNR Director to use 'Director Discretion Rule' on Supreme Beef

posted 5/25/2021
More than 40 local and statewide groups, environmental leaders, and legislators submitted a letter to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Director Kayla Lyon requesting DNR review the Supreme Beef concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) under a section of the law commonly known as the "DNR Discretion Rule".

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IEC, Sierra Club Continue Efforts to Stop Massive Supreme Beef CAFO

posted 5/10/2021
The Iowa Environmental Council, the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter, and two Iowa conservationists filed a petition for a hearing with the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) to appeal the Supreme Beef Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) approved by the staff of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) last month.

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NRS is not 'makin' progress' on the Raccoon River

posted 4/22/2021
Last week, Iowa's Raccoon River landed at #9 on America's Most Endangered Rivers list for 2021. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig dismissed the alarm of many Iowans, calling the list “propaganda” and saying the report was ‘not rooted in fact.' But data on the river is proof this waterbody is indeed threatened and the NRS is what is not rooted in fact.

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Iowa DNR Approves Flawed CAFO

posted 4/2/2021
IEC reacts to the Iowa DNR's approval of the flawed Supreme Beef manure management plan.

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IEC Comments on Supreme Beef Manure Management Plan

posted 3/2/2021
The Iowa DNR hosted a virtual meeting Monday, March 1 to hear public comments on a proposed Nutrient Management Plan for an expansion of the Supreme Beef, LLC cattle feedlot operation in Northeast Iowa. Read comments Michael Schmidt, Staff Attorney for the Iowa Environmental Council, shared during the meeting and how you can share your own comments.

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