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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 2014
Page
9
Opinion writers clash on EPA and Army Corps rules clarifying Waters of the U S. The piece notes Supreme Court rulings created murkiness, while regulators argue small streams and intermittent waterways fall under federal protection as part of watershed water quality.
The rule would preserve the Clean Water Act exemptions for farming and related activities. It includes normal farming silviculture and ranching practices such as plowing seeding cultivating minor drainage and harvesting for food fiber and forest products. It covers upland soil and water conservation practices agricultural stormwater discharges return flows from irrigated agriculture and maintenance of farm stock ponds irrigation ditches drainage ditches and farm forest and temporary mining roads.
The rule will not cover groundwater tiles or drains nor increase regulation of ditches or protect new water types. Exclusions include artificially irrigated upland, artificial lakes or ponds for rice or irrigation, ornamental waters, water-filled depressions from construction, upland fill pits, prior converted cropland, and waste treatment systems per EPA.
Local shelter officials say there is no evidence of Black Pet Syndrome in Iowa. Cedar Valley Humane Society Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Adoption Center and Iowa City Animal Care note no systematic bias against black dogs or cats and suggest interest may be driven by media attention or personal preference rather than superstition.
A seven member Iowa panel urges removing the four inch topsoil replacement rule for new builds citing infeasible as the standard. They propose letting topsoil stay only within development scope and dispersed in community areas or berms. Stakeholders Hershberger and Sauer oppose the change while Cox notes a 7 0 vote.
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