Save Family Farming is calling on the Trump EPA Administrator nominee, former New York representative Lee Zeldin, if confirmed, to stop EPA Region 10 assault on family farming. Save Family Farming’s Dillon Honcoop said the problem with Region 10 is not the political appointees, but rather the long-time staff and their ongoing treatment of Washington agriculture. Honcoop pointed to the continual targeting of dairies in the Yakima Valley.
“Based on falsified science and accused of contaminating the groundwater entered into a consent decree with the EPA. And even after the millions of dollars spent on improvements and many strides forward, the EPA, now this year coming back and saying ‘no that wasn’t enough’, we’re going to file a bunch of complaints against you and continue this assault.”
Honcoop noted this ongoing targeting demonstrates the attitude that runs through the Region 10 office. He added the issues with Region 10 spread beyond the targeting of the dairy industry…