

Comment Info: =================

General Comment:Ms. Lynn Beasley
%Superfund Docket
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mail Code 5202T
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460

	RE:	Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-2005-0013
Petition for Exemption from EPCRA and CERCLA Reporting
Requirements 	for Ammonia from Poultry Operations

Dear Ms. Beasley:

This letter is in response to EPA?s request for comments from State Emergency 
Planning Commissions (SERC?s) and local Emergency Planning Committees 
(LEPC?s) for the referenced docket item.  Specifically, EPA requested SERC?s 
and LEPC?s comment on the usefulness of ammonia release reports from farmers 
at poultry operations covered in the petition.

Franklin County LEPC is well aware that routine agricultural operations, such as 
livestock production and application of commercial fertilizers, release ammonia at 
generally low concentrations on an ongoing basis.

We would not anticipate undertaking any response to such notifications since the 
releases are routine, and not amenable to any immediate corrective or mitigative 
measures.  Moreover, given the substantial number of poultry and other livestock 
production operations in our area, a significant number of such notifications would 
strain our resources and unnecessarily divert our attention from potentially serious 
emergencies to which we must be prepared to respond.

We hope these comments are useful to EPA in evaluating the petition.  Should 
you have any question or comments, please contact me.

Sincerely,

Jones Beasley
Franklin County EMA/911 Director

