MPCA/MSCA meetings in August will focus on permits for large feedlots

For release: Aug. 5, 2013

Contact: Forrest Peterson, 320-441-6972

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MPCA/MSCA meetings in August will focus on permits for large feedlots

St. Paul, Minn. -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association (MSCA) will host five informational meetings around the state for cattlemen and women looking to expand their livestock operations. The meetings will focus on how a producer can obtain a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System/State Disposal System (NPDES/SDS) permit for a feedlot with 1,000 or more animal units.

Meetings are scheduled for:

• Aug. 12, 10 a.m., Kandiyohi County Government Services Building, 2200  23rd St. N., Willmar.
• Aug. 14, 1 p.m., Lyon County Courthouse, 607 W. Main St., Marshall.
• Aug. 15, 1 p.m., MPCA Detroit Lakes office, 714 Lake Ave., Detroit Lakes.
• Aug. 21, 1 p.m., MPCA Brainerd office, 7678 College Road, Baxter.
• Aug. 22, 1 p.m., MPCA Rochester office, 18 Wood Lake Drive, S.E., Rochester.

To register for the meetings, visit the MSCA website at http://www.mnsca.org/ or call Joe Martin, MSCA executive director, at 612-208-6722.

The meetings will provide producers with the opportunity to meet the MPCA staff and feedlot program engineers working in their region as well as delegated county feedlot officers. They will also afford an opportunity for producers to get practical information on the NPDES/SDS permit process, including application requirements and tips for navigating the process smoothly. Additional topics may be discussed as time permits.

In Minnesota, approximately 1,300 large feedlots are covered by an NPDES/SDS permit. The MPCA issues federal NPDES permits jointly with a state SDS permit. The combination is an NPDES/SDS permit, which includes both federal and state requirements. For information on feedlot permitting, visit the MPCA’s Feedlot Permit Information webpage (http://www.pca.state.mn.us/pyri69d).

Broadcast version:

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association will host five informational meetings around the state in August for producers looking to expand their livestock operations. The meetings will focus on how a feedlot with one thousand or more animal units can obtain a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System/State Disposal System permit.

For meeting details and to register, visit the Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association website.

For information on feedlot permitting, log onto the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency website and search for “feedlot permit”.

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