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Rulemaking to begin on pathogen drift

October 26, 2009, Boise,
ID – Responding to a petition by the Idaho Rural Council, the Idaho State
Department of Agriculture has agreed to begin the negotiated rulemaking process
to consider changes in its Rules Governing Dairy Waste.


October 26, 2009, Boise,
ID – Responding to a petition by the Idaho Rural Council, the Idaho State
Department of Agriculture has agreed to begin the negotiated rulemaking process
to consider changes in its Rules Governing Dairy Waste.

During its first public
meeting set for Nov. 16, the agency will address whether pathogen drift through
air particles from dairy lagoon water – applied through pressurized irrigation
– poses a health concern to humans or animals.

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