Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) General Permits Reissuance Public Comment Period

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Comment From: Twin Harbors Waterkeeper (Lee First)

7/20/22 @ 1:54 PM
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this important permit.

I am very concerned that some very large dairies operate in the floodplain of the Chehalis River. One of the dairies, the James Road Dairy, is a half-mile away from my house. I am co...↓

I am aware that many areas along the Chehalis River have very small, or no riparian buffers. The James Road Dairy is one example. At the James Road Dairy, there are huge manure lagoons immediately adjacent to Prairie Creek. From aerial photos, it looks like there is an access road from the lagoon area to the Chehalis River, and some kind of stockpile next to the river. Does anyone check to see that these lagoons are not leaking?

I am very concerned about the methane produced by manure lagoons. Please require that dairies with lagoons be required to install aeration of their lagoons. Please require that these lagoons be tested to ensure that no leaks are occurring. Without these tests, how do I know that my well water is not being contaminated by the James Road Dairy? How do other people know if their water is safe to drink?

The Chehalis River is already compromised and has low dissolved oxygen and high levels of nutrients. Please require regular testing of soil and groundwater to ensure that manure management practices on dairies are not contributing to ongoing pollution problems in the Chehalis River.

How does a person like me, who lives near a large dairy, find out if the dairy's lagoons are property lined and protective of ground water? Please require that owners of dairies test their lagoons to make sure they're not leaking. Please publish a study so that people know that dairies in their area are not contributing to groundwater and surface water pollution.

Please require that the new CAFO permit take steps to protect water quality.
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Comment From: Kevom Coyne

7/14/22 @ 5:00 PM
As an unelected agency, you do not have the consent of the governed to do anything, especially make life difficult for American farmers practicing their trade in Washington State. If anything, you should help farmers be productive, and disavow any p...↓

The Supreme Court of the United States had it right in their recent ruling over "regulatory agencies".
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Comment From: Friends of Toppenish Creek (Jean Mendoza)

7/10/22 @ 8:30 PM
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Comment From: Michael Sennett

7/08/22 @ 9:12 AM
Here's a novel idea- take a solution that works and apply it to all CAFOs. Anaerobic digesters and power generation. What is Ecology waiting for?

https://www.heraldnet.com/business/cow-pie-power-monroe-manure-to-energy-project-expands/
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Comment From: Mary McMinn

7/07/22 @ 4:11 PM
CAFOs are wrong and highly polluting and adding too much methane to our environment when we are sitting on the precipice of no return.
Instead, the state should encourage, in any way they can, regenerative agriculture. I beg you to see Gabe Brown, Ca...↓
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Comment From: Dale Murray

7/06/22 @ 9:31 AM
I am in support of care of the effects on water with raising animals, but we must be conscious of the fees, cost etc. that farmers receive, as it just passes down to the consumer. Farmers have a hard time as it is and they do it out of the love of th...↓
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Comment From: Friends of Toppenish Creek (Jean Mendoza)

7/04/22 @ 4:13 PM
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Comment From: Mark Canright

6/23/22 @ 5:23 AM
As a young person, I support increasing monitoring of CAFOs. We should seriously improve the animal welfare conditions for animals on factory farms. Let's work together to ensure that animals are treated better. Please ensure they have access to outd...↓
Thank you,
Mark Canright
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