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1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.172, Code 1995, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 9. Pursuant to one or more chapter 28E
1 4 agreements entered into by the department and the county
1 5 boards of health for Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas,
1 6 Monroe, and Wayne counties, the department may delegate its
1 7 authority to the county boards of health in those counties,
1 8 under the authority granted to the county boards of health in
1 9 chapter 137, to inspect water in or originating from the
1 10 Rathbun water impoundment. The inspection may include
1 11 testing, monitoring, and analyzing water in or originating
1 12 from the water impoundment. The county board of health shall
1 13 only inspect water in or originating from the water
1 14 impoundment if all of the following apply:
1 15 a. The inspection is within an area where the point of
1 16 pollution could occur between manure from an animal feeding
1 17 operation structure which is part of a confinement feeding
1 18 operation and water in or originating from the water
1 19 impoundment.
1 20 b. The confinement feeding operation confines and feeds
1 21 swine.
1 22 c. The total manure storage capacity of manure storage
1 23 structures connected to the confinement feeding operation is
1 24 four million gallons or more.
1 25 A county may impose a special annual fee on each such
1 26 confinement feeding operation, in order to reimburse the
1 27 county board of health for administering this subsection. If
1 28 unpaid when due as provided by the county, the amount shall be
1 29 placed upon the tax books and collected, with interest and
1 30 penalties after due, in the same manner as other unpaid
1 31 property taxes.
1 32 EXPLANATION
1 33 This bill provides that the department of natural resources
1 34 may pursuant to a chapter 28E agreement delegate authority to
1 35 a county board of health to inspect water originating from a
2 1 water impoundment which serves a large public water supply
2 2 system for Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, and
2 3 Wayne counties. The inspection is limited to areas which may
2 4 be threatened by manure from confinement feeding operations in
2 5 which swine are confined and which have a manure storage
2 6 capacity of four million gallons or more. The inspection may
2 7 include testing, monitoring, and analyzing the water. The
2 8 bill provides that an animal feeding operation may be required
2 9 to annually pay a fee to the county board of health for
2 10 purposes of reimbursing the board for expenses related to
2 11 carrying out inspections.
2 12 LSB 4004YH 76
2 13 da/jw/5.3
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