Arcuri to speak at EPA forum on Chesapeake Bay’s pollution diet
BINGHAMTON – U.S. Rep. Michael Arcuri, NY-24, will ask the federal Environmental Protection Agency at a public meeting tomorrow to amend a proposal that would limit the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment flowing from New York’s waterways into the Chesapeake Bay.
Chenango County farmers and public officials say the EPA’s draft Total Maximum Daily Load restrictions would put all but 2 percent of the county’s farmers out of businesses, and also threaten sewage treatment plant operators, construction contractors and public works departments.
“He’s going to say how costly this would be for farmers, taxpayers and others on any number of other issues,” said Mark Cornell, media spokesman for Arcuri. “With respect to waste water treatment plants, many of which are currently in need of repairs, if they have to make additional improvements, who knows what those costs are going to be? We’ve heard estimates of billions.”
Longtime agribusinessman Robert Briggs, town supervisor of Afton, said last week that the EPA’s suggested remediation requirements could cost farmers up to $500 per cow.
The meeting is one of 18 public sessions the EPA is conducting throughout the watershed on the draft TMDL. Arcuri will make speak briefly during the general comment period. The meeting is from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Binghamton Regency Hotel, 225 Water Street, Binghamton.
Recently, Arcuri joined several New York Delegation colleagues in sending a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to express their strong concerns over the requirements that would be placed on New York by the draft TMDL released on Sept. 24.
The draft TMDL, also known as the Chesapeake Bay “Pollution Diet,” would set limits on the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution discharged into the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by various pollution sources. The Bay Watershed encompasses six states and the District of Columbia with New York’s portion including all or parts of Allegany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Livingston, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Otsego, Schoharie, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, and Yates counties.
Chenango County farmers and public officials say the EPA’s draft Total Maximum Daily Load restrictions would put all but 2 percent of the county’s farmers out of businesses, and also threaten sewage treatment plant operators, construction contractors and public works departments.
“He’s going to say how costly this would be for farmers, taxpayers and others on any number of other issues,” said Mark Cornell, media spokesman for Arcuri. “With respect to waste water treatment plants, many of which are currently in need of repairs, if they have to make additional improvements, who knows what those costs are going to be? We’ve heard estimates of billions.”
Longtime agribusinessman Robert Briggs, town supervisor of Afton, said last week that the EPA’s suggested remediation requirements could cost farmers up to $500 per cow.
The meeting is one of 18 public sessions the EPA is conducting throughout the watershed on the draft TMDL. Arcuri will make speak briefly during the general comment period. The meeting is from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the Binghamton Regency Hotel, 225 Water Street, Binghamton.
Recently, Arcuri joined several New York Delegation colleagues in sending a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to express their strong concerns over the requirements that would be placed on New York by the draft TMDL released on Sept. 24.
The draft TMDL, also known as the Chesapeake Bay “Pollution Diet,” would set limits on the amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution discharged into the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries by various pollution sources. The Bay Watershed encompasses six states and the District of Columbia with New York’s portion including all or parts of Allegany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Livingston, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Otsego, Schoharie, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, and Yates counties.
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