In this podcast, Steve Ebke, a farmer from Daykin and member of the Nebraska Corn Growers Association, talks about a letter Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson recently sent to a Senator from Michigan saying that EPA will not tighten controls on farm dust.The letter driven by requests from Congress, farmers and farm groups who were concerned new EPA air quality standards would increase regulations on dust and that they would apply to farm operations.
Jackson said EPA made the decision after the consideration of the scientific record, analysis provided by EPA scientists and advice from the Clean Air Science Advisory Council.
"The bottom line is that the current rule for dust from farms is OK as it is now, and that it has the scientific backing to remain unchanged," Ebke said.
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