Kemplog
"Life and Law in Eastern Indiana."
Author: E. Thomas Kemp is a solo practitioner in Richmond, Ind.
Blawg Related Categories: Environmental Law • Legislation & Lobbying • Real Estate & Property Law • States • Indiana • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Kemplog
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Fish Kill - How could this guy get a farm here?
The Star Press reports here that the farmer suspected of being responsible for the Little Mississinewa River fish kill has a lengthy history of violations in Ohio. If this is true, it might lead one…
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No Comment
Last weekend, Stateline Agri Inc. (also known as Stateline Farms and Kremer Family Farms) applied 27,000 gallons of hog manure to a field about a mile south of Ind. 32. Heavy rains Monday washed that…
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Local CAFO Regs
Delaware County is considering them: For the third consecutive year, the city-county planning commission is debating whether or not to regulate concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Star Press (Seth Slabaugh). And also in Randolph County,…
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Playing the Numbers Game
On May 29, 2008, Brian Zimmerman wrote in the Pal-Item that the school board voted to forgo the $2,000 annual stipend they get paid for being on the board if the school fails to…
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Take a deep breath
No surprises here; Hog born dust can be bad for you: Exposure to hog barn dust alters airway epithelial ciliary beating, a study from the University of Nebraska Medial Center via the European Respiratory Journal.…
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EPA Blog
The US EPA is blogging, or at least people at the EPA are being permitted to post at the “Official Blog of the US EPA.” It is called Greenversations, and today’s question is Why are…
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Tidbits
This is weird, but probably just a function of division of government powers. I’ve seen local office holder doing battle before, but typically not with firearms: A judge has begun carrying a gun at work…
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CAFO Update for Monday, May 12, 2008
Animal rights groups, who gained national headlines for the undercover video of a “downer cow” being mistreated at a slaughter plant are trying to follow up with chickens: Mercy for Chickens is an undercover video…
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State of Public Records Access in the State of Indiana
Marcia Oddi over at the Indiana Law Blog always has good continuing coverage of how the state of Indiana makes its laws, court decisions and other “public records” available to the public. This is an…
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Post_Trib’s Assault on IDEM Continues
The Gary Post-Tribune has run a long series of articles calling IDEM to account for its varied short comings. Gitte Laasby continues this process today, covering the BP Plant permit: The Indiana Department of Environmental…