U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) made the following statements after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announced in letters to both Senators that the EPA will not impose new controls on dust particles on farms and in rural communities.Senator Klobuchar stated that, "I am pleased that the EPA has listened to our concerns and the concerns from across Rural America and decided against imposing new burdensome regulations."
Chairwoman Stabenow stated that, "we raised this issues earlier in the year with the EPA Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture, and I'm glad they listened to the serious concerns raised by the agriculture community about possible dust regulations." "I will continue working with farmers and the EPA to find common ground and common sense solutions to these issues."
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Posted 10/17/2011
Posted 10/17/2011
