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Ross Grooters, of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, testifies during an Iowa Department of Natural Resources hearing on proposed new clean water rules, Friday, May 9, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa DNR is facing criticism for proposing new livestock farm enforcement rules environmental groups and others say are not tough enough to clean up the state’s rivers and lakes. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Brenda Brink, of Huxley, Iowa, testifies during an Iowa Department of Natural Resources hearing on proposed new clean water rules, Friday, May 9, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa DNR is facing criticism for proposing new livestock farm enforcement rules environmental groups and others say are not tough enough to clean up the state’s rivers and lakes. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Retired hog farmer Larry Ginter, of Rhodes, Iowa, testifies during an Iowa Department of Natural Resources hearing on proposed new clean water rules, Friday, May 9, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa DNR is facing criticism for proposing new livestock farm enforcement rules environmental groups and others say are not tough enough to clean up the state’s rivers and lakes. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Des Moines Water Works CEO Bill Stowe testifies during an Iowa Department of Natural Resources hearing on proposed new clean water rules, Friday, May 9, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa DNR is facing criticism for proposing new livestock farm enforcement rules environmental groups and others say are not tough enough to clean up the state’s rivers and lakes. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Iowa Department of Natural Resources Animal Feeding Operations Coordinator Gene Tinker, left, speaks during a DNR hearing on proposed new clean water rules, Friday, May 9, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. The Iowa DNR is facing criticism for proposing new livestock farm enforcement rules environmental groups and others say are not tough enough to clean up the state’s rivers and lakes. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery listens to the Bears' first round draft pick Virginia Tech cornerback Kyle Fuller during an NFL football news conference Friday, May 9, 2014, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Virginia Tech cornerback Kyle Fuller, center, shakes the hand of Chicago Bears' general manager Phil Emery, as head coach Marc Trestman watches before Fuller was introduced as the team's first-round draft pick at an NFL football news conference Friday, May 9, 2014, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery, right, listens to the Bears first round draft pick Virginia Tech cornerback Kyle Fuller during an NFL football news conference Friday, May 9, 2014, in Lake Forest. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Chicago Bears head coach Marc Trestman, left, and general manager Phil Emery, right, introduce the team's first-round draft pick, Virginia Tech cornerback Kyle Fuller, during an NFL football news conference Friday, May 9, 2014, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Chicago Bears first round draft pick Kyle Fuller, a cornerback from Virginia Tech, smiles as he responds to a question after being introduced at an NFL football news conference Friday, May 9, 2014, in Lake Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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FILE - in this April 19, 2005 file photo, a Canada lynx heads into the Rio Grande National Forest after being released near Creede, Colo. Federal wildlife officials must come up with a schedule to complete a long-delayed recovery plan for imperiled Canada lynx within 30 days, under an order from a U.S. district judge in Montana, released Friday, May 9, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)