House Study Bill 168 



                                     HOUSE FILE       
                                     BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                          ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                                          BILL BY CHAIRPERSON OLSON)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for public comment regarding an application to
  2    construct a confinement feeding operation structure.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2168HC 83
  5 da/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 459.304, subsection 2, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    Regardless of whether the county board of supervisors has
  1  4 adopted a construction evaluation resolution, the county may
  1  5 shall provide comment to the department on a construction
  1  6 permit application for a confinement feeding operation
  1  7 structure.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 459.304, subsection 2, paragraph b,
  1  9 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2009, is amended to read as
  1 10 follows:
  1 11    The county board may of supervisors shall hold a public
  1 12 hearing to receive public comments regarding the application.
  1 13 The county board of supervisors may submit comments by the
  1 14 board and shall submit comments presented at the public
  1 15 hearing to the department as provided in this section,
  1 16 including but not limited to all of the following:
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill amends Code section 459.304 which allows a county
  1 19 board of supervisors to review an application to construct a
  1 20 confinement feeding operation structure (a confinement
  1 21 building or manure storage structure) and comment upon it to
  1 22 the department of natural resources before the department
  1 23 determines whether to issue the applicant a construction
  1 24 permit.  As part of the review process, the board may hold a
  1 25 public hearing concerning the application.  The bill requires
  1 26 the board to conduct the public hearing and submit comments
  1 27 presented there to the department.
  1 28    The types of comments presented at a public hearing may
  1 29 include but are not limited to the existence of an object or
  1 30 location that are in proximity to the construction site, the
  1 31 suitability of soils and the hydrology of the construction
  1 32 site, the availability of land for manure application, and
  1 33 whether construction will impede drainage systems.
  1 34 LSB 2168HC 83
  1 35 da/nh/14