The New England Brown Egg Council announced that Massachusetts House Bill 815, which is considered to promote the HSUS agenda regarding confinement of poultry and livestock, has been assigned by the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to “study” status.
This places the bill in limbo and effectively prevents passage during the current legislature. At the same time, the action restrains HSUS from beginning a ballot initiative.
Lobbying efforts by the New England Brown Egg Council were influential in the action of the committee chairman. The results of the referendum in Ohio and the gubernatorial, state representative and senate races in Massachusetts will determine the direction of future Legislation.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Idaho congressional committee approves livestock bill
An Idaho senate committee has unanimously approved a bill that would move responsibility for overseeing poultry and swine operations from the state’s Department of Environmental Quality to the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, according to The Times News of Twin Falls, Idaho.
The bill is sponsored by Sen. Tim Corder, who also chairs the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee. It would group operations into permitting and regulatory categories by their size. For poultry, requirements would also vary depending on the type of bird and the type of manure-handling system the operation has in place. For example, certain permit requirements for liquid manure handling would kick in at a flock size of 9,000 laying hens, while similar requirements wouldn’t kick in for solid manure handling until a flock reaches 25,000, The Times News reported.
“As we go forward in these times, we find more and more groups that are critical of the state’s management of water quality and air quality, and we want to provide some assurances that we’re serious about that as a state and not only that, but the industry’s serious,” Corder said.
The bill now goes to the full senate for consideration.
The bill is sponsored by Sen. Tim Corder, who also chairs the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee. It would group operations into permitting and regulatory categories by their size. For poultry, requirements would also vary depending on the type of bird and the type of manure-handling system the operation has in place. For example, certain permit requirements for liquid manure handling would kick in at a flock size of 9,000 laying hens, while similar requirements wouldn’t kick in for solid manure handling until a flock reaches 25,000, The Times News reported.
“As we go forward in these times, we find more and more groups that are critical of the state’s management of water quality and air quality, and we want to provide some assurances that we’re serious about that as a state and not only that, but the industry’s serious,” Corder said.
The bill now goes to the full senate for consideration.
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