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Public Notice by NC Pork Council and the National Pork Board
The election of pork producer delegate candidates for the 2010 National Pork Producers (Pork Act) Delegate Body will take place at 9:00 a.m., Monday, July 27, 2009, prior to the National Pork Board Regional Strategic Vision Meeting at Sampson Community College (Room 144, Occupational Building) in Clinton, North Carolina. All North Carolina pork producers are invited to attend.
Any producer, who is a resident of the state and has paid all assessments due, may be considered as a delegate candidate and/or participate in the election. All eligible producers are encouraged to bring with them a sales receipt proving that hogs were sold in their name and the checkoff deducted. For more information, contact the NC Pork Council, 2300 Rexwoods Drive, Suite 340, Raleigh, NC 27607, telephone: 919-781-0361.
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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD CLOSING JULY 15th
Didn't get a chance to voice your opinion at the public hearings on the EMC proposed monitoring rule?
There's still an opportunity to weigh in on the issue.
We encourage NCPC members to participate in the public comment period. Written comments can be submitted until July 15, 2009, to the following:
Keith Larick
Animal Feeding Operations Unit
Division of Water Quality
1636 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1636
keith.larick@ncdenr.gov
(919) 715-0588 - Fax
Background:
In 2007, the Waterkeepers Alliance petitioned the NC Environmental Management Commission seeking the development of rules to assess alleged water quality impacts from animal feeding operations.
In 2008, the EMC approved the petitions and directed the Division of Water Quality, with input from various stakeholder groups, to develop rules to establish and implement a surface water monitoring program addressing the petitioners concerns.
The proposed rules define the process for establishing sampling locations at EACH subject animal operation. Specifically, the proposed rule would require farmers to collect up to three samples per year from three different sites. The samples are intended to determine the level of animal waste discharged into drains, ditches, and streams. Farmers would need to contract with outside commercial laboratories and it would cost livestock farmers about $2,200 annually to comply.
Now the rule-making process has moved to the public comment period. That process includes the opportunity for any citizen to comment by submitting remarks to the Division of Water Quality.
If you have any questions or concerns on this issue, please contact Tommy Stevens at NCPC: 919/781-0361 or tommy@ncpork.org.
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2009 Pork Chop Shop
