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deep and 60 feet wide.
• "These should be plenty big," she said.
• But Ben Kantack, a former South Dakota State University Extension entomologist, said he worries about dead cattle hidden in remote locations, saying they will create public health issues as they decompose.
• He said ranchers need to make sure their surviving cattle don't come into contact with a carcass or drink from water where one is rotting.
• "They want to make sure they're not in streams and stuff, because they can contaminate the water," Kantack said.
• The pits are dug specifically to avoid such health problems, as burial sites must be at least 1,000 feet from surface water, floodplains, rivers or private or public drinking water wells.
• Burial is also prohibited when the primary subsurface material 20 feet below the bottom of the pit is primarily sand or gravel or when the depth to an aquifer is less than 20 feet from the bottom of the pit.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. WHO'S TRYING TO FORGE DEAL TO AVERT DEFAULT
• Reid and McConnell, longtime Senate antagonists, discuss a plan to raise the debt limit until mid-February and halt the 2-week-old government shutdown.
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• 2. SAN FRANCISCO TRANSIT RIDERS GET ANOTHER REPRIEVE
• Unions and management agree to extend labor talks past a midnight deadline.
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• 3. MAJOR QUAKE SHAKES CENTRAL PHILIPPINES
• Dozens are killed after the 7.2-magnitude temblor topples buildings and sends residents into deadly stampedes.
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• 4. AFGHAN GOVERNOR KILLED AT MOSQUE
• Arsallah Jamal was delivering a speech to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha when a bomb inside his microphone detonated.
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• 5. WHY AIRPLANE SEATS SEEM TIGHTER
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