WASHINGTON — Two Northern New York members of Congress joined a growing call from Congress to exempt raw milk on dairy farms from oil-spill regulations.
Rep. William L. Owens, D-Plattsburgh, and Rep. Scott Murphy, D-Glens Falls, wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Wednesday, urging her to leave dairy farms out of the regulations — something the agency has promised to do but has yet to make official.
By the EPA's proposed rules, raw milk is considered oil because of its butterfat content. Dairy farms of even a modest size by industry standards could be required to draft spill prevention and management plans, and larger farms would have to have such plans certified by an engineer.
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