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CALL TO ACTION – PUBLIC COMMENT DEQ AIR PETITION DEADLINE
October 23, 2022 @ 4:00 pm
Public Participation Needed!
The Stand Up to Factory Farms Coalition (FoFF is on the steering committee) submitted a petition to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on August 17, 2022 to impose permitting structures and restrictions on the air emissions from large dairies in Oregon. Read the blog post HERE.
DEQ will accept written public comments on the petition until 4 p.m. on Oct. 23, 2022!
To view the Notice Document and the Petition, and to submit written comment, please view:
https://www.oregon.gov/deq/
The Environmental Quality Commission has received a petition for rulemaking to create a dairy air emissions regulatory program. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality invites public comment on whether EQC should direct DEQ to deny the petition, grant the petition and initiate rulemaking proceedings, or pursue another action.
DEQ does not currently regulate air emissions from most agricultural sources which include dairy confined feeding operations (CAFOs). DEQ does permit the construction and operation of manure digesters producing biogas, some of which are part of agricultural operations. The proposed rules in the petition would establish a dairy air emissions program to quantify and regulate air emissions from large dairy CAFOs.
EQC is scheduled to act on the petition at a special session to be scheduled prior to Nov. 15, 2022. If EQC directs DEQ to conduct rulemaking, that process will include an opportunity for public comment on the rule language amendments proposed by the petition.
NOTE: If you want to receive future email notices about the petition and any rulemaking that may follow, you must sign up at: GovDelivery – Air Quality. Select “Agricultural Air Emissions” from the topics list.
You can also obtain more information about this rulemaking by contacting:
Heather Kuoppamaki
Heather.kuoppamaki@deq.oregon.
503-407-7596