Farm group: Chesapeake Bay plan could ruin farmers

RAY HENRY, Associated Press

Sunday, January 9, 2011

ATLANTA (AP) — The nation’s largest farm lobbying group says a federal plan meant to keep pollution from running into the Chesapeake Bay could ruin agriculture in the area.

American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman said Sunday that his group is preparing a lawsuit over plans announced by the Environmental Protection Agency, which he says threaten to “starve agriculture” out of the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Speaking at a national Farm Bureau convention, Stallman said farmers support clean water. But he said state governments, not the EPA, should decide how to regulate farming practices.

EPA officials outlined the restoration plan last month. Farm and urban runoff, air pollution and sewer overflows have left the 200-mile-long bay with oxygen-depleted “dead zones.”

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Comments

MommaR 1 year, 4 months ago

I think the EPA should be abolished

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bluesfan13 1 year, 4 months ago

So a farmer SHOULD be able to kill off all aquatic life downstream?

Or (for example) Missouri government should regulate Missouri farms to prevent damage to the Gulf of Mexico?

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Graceful 1 year, 4 months ago

There are other mechanisms to take care of these problems.

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asb 1 year, 4 months ago

I'm with you Maggie . . . oh the good ol' days . . . poop rafts, blood floats, and greaseballs the size of freight cars on the Missouri; counting dead things from the packing plants while gagging on the Perfume de Mo . . . not to worry, the volunteer spirit of American corporations will fill the vacum.

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JCLifer 1 year, 4 months ago

Get rid of the United Nations too. Both EPA and UN are worthless.

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Graceful 1 year, 4 months ago

You can count on corporations to do the "right" thing as much as you can count on government.

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