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[The following was a comment/question submitted by email at the
August 14, 2017 Subgroup #3 Kickoff Meeting]

From: Cherie Blatt
Affiliation: North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board

Dear Subgroup 3 members,
Thank you for allowing comments during the meeting. I listened to
the meeting today and have the following comments:

The Regional Water Boards in CA have dairies under permit and
require annual reporting therefore have information that could be
shared with the Air Board or related researchers. The North Coast
Regional Water Quality Control Board has contact information and
data on the 120 dairies in our region. These dairies are all
covered by our waste discharge permits.

1.At least one, maybe more, dairies in the north coast are all
grass-fed pasture-based dairies, meaning they do not feed grain.
This may be of interest to your researchers measuring
enteric fermentation. More pertinent data may be collected from
these grass fed operations found rarely in CA. You may contact us
or Western United Dairymen for the grass fed dairy contact
information if comparison research on this dairy type is desired.

2. Air Board researchers have collected information from the
regional water boards in the past regarding number of cows, acres
of pasture, etc. If the Air Board or related researchers
need specific information on dairies that has not yet been
collected by Air Board staff or information that needs to be asked
of dairies in the state, then the regional water boards
may be able to help. Please let us know if there is anything we can
do.

Thank you.

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2017-08-23 15:52:50