Dan Newhouse actually said...

"The purpose of this bill is not to shield agricultural operations from RCRA citizen suits, but rather to ensure that if state or federal regulators are otherwise seeking compliance through civil, crim..."

"This legislation seeks to encourage farmers to be proactive stewards and create a climate to reinforce farmers' ability to trust that they, as they work with regulators, that their efforts to address ..."

"prepared statement"

"RCRA, or the Resource Conservation Recovery Act, was never intended to apply to manure or crop residue returned to the soil as fertilizer or soil conditioner."