Category Archives: Indiana Department of Environmental Management

BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK – BUT THERE’S GOT TO BE A MORNING AFTER

Posted on November 3, 2010 by

Need I say anything about yesterday’s election results?  Probably not, but I will anyways!  The morning after elections is always full of disappointments for the losing party and candidates, but it is also a time to regroup and understand that … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture and Food Production, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Congress, Democrat Party, Democrats, Environment, Farming, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Industrial farms, Marlin Stutzman, Mitch Daniels, Politics, Privatization, Republican Party, Republicans, Third District | Tagged , , , , , , | 38 Comments

EPA THROTTLES DANIELS’ ATTEMPTS TO WEAKEN IDEM ENFORCEMENT

Posted on February 21, 2009 by

Well, what do ya know – slick Mitch doesn’t have quite the slight-of-hand he thought he did.  After abolishing the enforcement arm of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), sliding the employees into the air, land, and water divisions, … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Mitch Daniels, Pollution, Soil Pollution, Water Pollution | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

CAFO LEGISLATION MOVES OUT OF COMMITTEES

Posted on February 21, 2009 by

Maybe this will be the year the General Assembly decides to watch out for environmental interests rather than pork producers.  Several bills have been introduced this legislative session which attempt to regulate Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).  In years past, … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Cruelty to Animals, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Mitch Daniels, Republicans, Soil Pollution, Water Pollution | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

DANIELS CONTINUES ASSAULT ON INDIANA’S ENVIRONMENT

Posted on January 24, 2009 by

The Little Emporer and two of his supporters – House Representative Phyllis Pond of New Haven and Senator Dennis Kruse of Auburn – have once again come up with an idea to assault Indiana’s environment.   House Bill 1047 – submitted … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Environment, Indiana, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Industrial farms, Mitch Daniels, Soil Pollution, Water Pollution | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

CAFOs DAMAGE WATER QUALITY IN THE ST. MARYS RIVER

Posted on January 17, 2009 by

In general, a Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) is a very large Confined Feeding Operation (CFO)  that requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination (NPDES) System for discharges or potential discharges of water contamination. However, any animal production unit, regardless of … Continue reading →

Posted in Clean Water Act, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Cruelty to Animals, Environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Indiana, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Industrial farms, Mitch Daniels, Soil Pollution, St. Marys River, Water Pollution | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

DANIELS REMOVES ENFORCEMENT UNIT OF THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Posted on December 26, 2008 by

Building on his reputation for being a friend of big business and a not-so-good friend of the environment,  Daniels has decided that the environmental management division can manage just fine without an enforcement division.  In his “Possibilities Unbound Plan” of … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Environment, Indiana, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Industrial farms, Mitch Daniels, Soil Pollution, Water Pollution | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

BRADTMUELLER CAFO CONNIVANCE

Posted on August 26, 2008 by

So another CAFO is on its way to Allen County, and it will not be stopped. Certainly the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) will not stop it, for its only role is to rubber-stamp those applications that are received … Continue reading →

Posted in Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Environment, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Industrial farms, Pollution | Tagged , , , , | 21 Comments

NEW YEAR – NEW CAFO LEGISLATION MOVES FORWARD

Posted on January 20, 2008 by

Last year not one of the three CAFO-related bills made it out of the legislative session.  This year, maybe common sense and the reality of environmental and health issues intertwined with huge factory farms will prompt our legislators to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Economics, Environment, Farming, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Industrial farms, Mitch Daniels, Soil Pollution | 2 Comments

EX-IDEM OFFICIAL ADMONISHES: CAFOs ARE ‘YOUR RESPONSIBILITY’

Posted on January 5, 2008 by

Former IDEM official, Bowden Quinn, has an admonition for Hoosier residents – CAFOs and their regulation are our responsibility as citizens of this state and as good stewards of our environment. And, he is right. Quinn once worked for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Pollution, Cities and Towns, Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, Environment, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Industrial farms, Soil Pollution, Uncategorized, Water Pollution | 1 Comment

NO NORTH RIVER PROJECT FOR NOW

Posted on December 11, 2007 by

The option on the North River – Omni Source – property expires at the end of December. And it looks like the City will allow its expiration without moving on it other than to ascertain whether it should be extended. … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Cities and Towns, Environment, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, St. Marys River, Water Pollution | 1 Comment