Page 51 - MFB State Annual Meeting 2018 -- RESOLUTIONS BOOK

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Scientific, site-specific testing protocols and/or landowner consent prior to DEQ determining that
an area is contaminated, with testing costs and loss of land value being the responsibility of the State if the contamination is not the fault of the landowner. MDARD, working in cooperation with DEQ and local governments, to oversee the disposal of moderately contaminated watershed sediments on farm lands containing greater levels of the identified contaminants.
When nutrient research is completed, university, state and federal programs need to promptly
update guidelines so farmers have time to implement them.
Additional research on dissolved phosphorus. Continued education on appropriate phosphorus and other nutrient use.
Legislation to provide liability protection to farmers who follow the label directions, pertinent regulations and Generally Accepted Agricultural and Management Practices (GAAMP) of fertilizers and pesticides.
MFB involvement in fiscally responsible strategies
to fund voluntary conservation practices.
The existing Soil and Sedimentation Control Act exemption for plowing, tilling and other agricultural and land improvement activities.
Farmer representation on local boards and commissions that make decisions on environmental policies such as land use and watershed planning. Eliminating the acreage cap for Michigan’s Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program.
A farm’s ability to move portable toilets within and between their farms.
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Timely enforcement of water quality standards using credible data. We urge MFB to pursue credible data legislation and how it may be used to better invoke sound science in regulation of water quality, air quality and water quantity. We encourage Farm Bureau members to participate in voluntary water quality monitoring programs, in which results are kept confidential.
Legislation clarifying that forest management practices are not point sources of pollution. Development of baseline environmental standards
for agriculture that are in line with current
production standards and methods.
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