Comment period marks the beginning of Minnesota’s animal feedlot rules update

Comment period marks the beginning of Minnesota’s animal feedlot rules update

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is seeking input on an update to its animal feedlot rules, which regulate about 17,000 sites in the state. It's been 25 years since the last big update. The main purpose of this rulemaking is to amend existing feedlot rules to improve land application of manure practices to address nitrate and fish kills and establish additional technical standards to protect water quality and avoid fish kills, according to…