Indiana Department of Ag
Senate Bill 0314 got the go ahead yesterday by the Committee on Agriculture and Small Business. The measure, introduced by Republican Senator David Ford, now joined by Republican Johnny Nugent, provides for a substantial reworking of the Ag department, far beyond just changing its name.
There is a provision in the proposed bill that would have the state agency work to assist “agricultural businesses in obtaining and preparing the permits required to conduct business in Indiana.” (proposed language for IC15-9-2-5). This broad language would seem to call for the newly names Indiana State Department of Agriculture to assist CAFO’s in getting permits out of IDEM.
January 25th, 2008 23:07
I can not believe that anyone would support anything that would harm our economy or our evironment.
February 3rd, 2008 16:17
[...] My prior coverage of this bill is here. [...]
February 9th, 2008 21:33
Isn’t that what the Department of Agriculture has been doing anyway? Seems pretty brazen to codify it, but doesn’t strike me as much of a change, honestly.