The Senate Republican Policy Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on May 6 on Senate Bill 724 (Vogel-R-Beaver) the Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA says threatens to derail current clean water restoration efforts and divert critical funding from proven science-based practices, while favoring proprietary, corporate-backed and costly manure technologies.

The list of witnesses scheduled to appear include: Ed Schafer, Chairman, Coalition for an Affordable Bay Solution and Executive Vice Chairman of Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc., the company behind Senate Bill 724; Ron Kreider, President, Kreider Farms where the Bion manure treatment facility is located; Phil Durgin, Executive Director Joint Legislative Budget and Finance Committee; Mike McCloskey, Member, National Milk Distributors Association; and Elliott Keller, General Manager for JBS Souderton, Inc.

The hearing will be held in Hearing Room 1 of the North Office Building starting at 9:30.

Click Here to watch the hearing live on the day of the event.

Sen. David Argall (R-Schuylkill) serves as Chair of the Committee.

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