The Committee will present its report at the June Commission meeting. The Mission Statement and Annual Reports for these committees are to be filed in July 1998. Regulations Committee - Commissioner Young 1. Animal Waste Disposal Study Commissioner Young stated that at the March Commission meeting it was suggested that the Commission contact the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville concerning their research on the phosphorus issue. Commissioner Young contacted Dr. Kenneth Steele and asked that he and others make a presentation to the Commission on this issue.
Point sources are basically wastewater treatment plants.
Non-point source pollution includes golf courses, lawns, septic tanks and animal waste. Under animal waste there is dry litter and liquid waste. The impact of phosphorus on soil and water is complex and research continues on this subject. He stated that the public needs to coexist with the confined animal industry for reasons of economics and the food produced. Most manure is used in land application.