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Tomorrow the House Agriculture Committee (at 2:00 pm or after House
session, in Room 426 of the Anderson House Office Building) will be
taking up a package of bills intended to establish in statute the
Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP), and to
provide incentives for producers to become MAEAP certified as a means of
facilitating land and water resource stewardship. 

 

This package, House Bills 5711  5716, have attracted interest because
they include CAFOs or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations and the
issue of agricultural storm water discharges, as well as provisions
regarding nuisance or anonymous complaints to the department.  

 

For a link to the most up-to-date legislative analysis of the package,
go to:

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/billanalysis/House/htm
/2005-HLA-5711-1.htm 

 

The diverse interest groups involved were  at one time  thought to have
arrived at some agreement on parts of the package.  

 

At this point we dont know if amendments or substitute bills reflecting
these or other discussions will be offered tomorrow. 

 

Stay Tuned!

 

 

Vicki Morrone

Organic Vegetable and Crop Outreach Specialist

Michigan State University

C.S. Mott Sustainable Food Systems

303 Natural Resources Bldg.

East Lansing, MI 48824

517-353-3542

517-282-3557 (cell)

517-353-3834 (fax)

 

 


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