House bill proposes option to Washington Ecology’s manure rules

From the Capital Press

A dairy industry-backed House bill introduced Friday proposes that the Washington Department of Agriculture help develop an alternative to manure-handling rules expected soon from the state’s ecology agency.

House Bill 2840 wouldn’t stop the Department of Ecology from issuing those rules, which dairy lobbyists contend could be a financially crushing combination of state and federal laws. But the bill would direct DOE to also work with the agriculture department on a separate pollution-control plan, with WSDA as the primary enforcer. Read the rest of the story here.