I sure hope the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t come any where near my house. In their hunt for those that violate air quality standards due to dust I have no doubt that my entire house would be in violation. Any and all joking aside, the EPA’s current fast track agenda to develop a more stringent regulation of dust as a pollutant could very well signal the beginning of the end for many ag operations, especially here in parts of the drier Western United States. The EPA is looking at dropping their already unrealistic allowable level for dust raised due to ag or ranching related activity from 150 micrograms per cubic meter to a possible low of 12 to 15 micrograms per cubic meter. Such a drastic drop in permissible standards is unbelievable to say the least, and down right impossible at best. Would someone please tell me how you can plant crops without raising a little dust?  Perhaps the Environmental Protection Agency is privy to an “immaculate cultivation” that no one else is presently aware of.