Controversial WI Phosphorus Rule To Get Hearing
Fri, 07/16/2010 - 14:45
The WI State Senate Committee on Environment, chaired by Sen. Mark Miller (D-Monona), has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 411 South of the State Capitol on a proposed Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources phosphorus discharge rule.
Implementation of the rule is expected to cost in excess of $3 billion statewide and will primarily affect food and dairy processors, cheese makers, paper mills and municipal wastewater treatment facilities. MWFPA continues to express concerns about the rule as currently written. Read the joint memorandum addressed to all Wisconsin legislators issued by MWFPA and other industry groups opposing implementation of the rule.