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1 1 Amend Senate File 472, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Section 1. Section 455B.171, Code 1997, is
1 6 amended by adding the following new subsections:
1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 1C. "Anaerobic lagoon" means the
1 8 same as defined in section 455B.161.
1 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. "Animal feeding operation
1 10 structure" means the same as defined in section
1 11 455B.161.
1 12 NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. "Earthen manure storage
1 13 basin" means the same as defined in section 455B.161.
1 14 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 455B.201A ANAEROBIC LAGOONS
1 15 AND EARTHEN MANURE STORAGE BASINS.
1 16 1. A person shall not construct or expand an
1 17 earthen manure storage basin used in conjunction with
1 18 a confinement feeding operation in which swine are
1 19 confined, if the earthen manure storage basin as
1 20 constructed or expanded would have the capacity to
1 21 store more than three million gallons of waste
1 22 discharge.
1 23 2. As a condition of a permit approved by the
1 24 department for the construction or expansion of an
1 25 animal feeding operation structure which is part of a
1 26 confinement feeding operation as provided in section
1 27 455B.173, the department shall inspect each anaerobic
1 28 lagoon or earthen manure storage basin which is part
1 29 of the confinement feeding operation at least once
1 30 each eighteen months. An inspection conducted
1 31 pursuant to this subsection shall be limited to a
1 32 visual inspection of the site where the anaerobic
1 33 lagoon or earthen manure storage basin is located.
1 34 The department shall inspect the site at a reasonable
1 35 time after providing twenty-four hours' notice to the
1 36 person owning or managing the confinement feeding
1 37 operation. However, in order to inspect the premises
1 38 the departmental inspector must comply with standard
1 39 biosecurity requirements customarily required by the
1 40 operation. The visual inspection shall consist of
1 41 determining whether any of the following exists:
1 42 a. An adequate freeboard level.
1 43 b. The seepage of manure from the anaerobic lagoon
1 44 or earthen manure storage basin.
1 45 c. Erosion.
1 46 d. Inadequate vegetation cover.
1 47 e. The presence of an opening allowing manure to
1 48 drain from the anaerobic lagoon or earthen manure
1 49 storage basin.
1 50 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 455B.201B RESTRICTIONS
2 1 WITHIN THE RATHBUN WATERSHED.
2 2 1. The following shall apply to an anaerobic
2 3 lagoon or earthen manure storage basin which is part
2 4 of a confinement feeding operation, if the anaerobic
2 5 lagoon or earthen manure storage basin is required to
2 6 receive a construction permit pursuant to section
2 7 455B.173 and is located within the Rathbun watershed
2 8 as designated by the United States government:
2 9 a. Not later than July 1, 1998, the owner of a
2 10 confinement feeding operation shall construct a
2 11 secondary manure containment for an anaerobic lagoon
2 12 or earthen manure storage basin existing on the
2 13 effective date of this Act and which is part of the
2 14 confinement feeding operation located within the
2 15 watershed.
2 16 b. A person shall not construct or expand an
2 17 anaerobic lagoon or earthen manure storage basin
2 18 within the watershed, unless the person constructs
2 19 secondary manure containment for the anaerobic lagoon
2 20 or earthen manure storage basin.
2 21 c. The department must approve a permit for the
2 22 construction of the secondary manure containment prior
2 23 to its construction. The department shall approve the
2 24 construction of the secondary manure containment as
2 25 part of the construction permit for an anaerobic
2 26 lagoon or earthen manure storage basin constructed on
2 27 and after the effective date of this Act.
2 28 d. The secondary manure containment required to be
2 29 constructed pursuant to this section shall be
2 30 constructed of materials and according to
2 31 specifications required by rules which shall be
2 32 adopted by the department in order to contain an
2 33 above-grade breach or overflow of a berm of an
2 34 anaerobic lagoon or earthen manure storage basin.
2 35 2. The department shall adopt rules which impose
2 36 restrictions on the use of spray irrigation equipment
2 37 within the watershed.
2 38 3. A person shall not be prohibited from
2 39 constructing a secondary manure containment under this
2 40 section because the person is classified as a habitual
2 41 violator as provided in section 455B.173."
2 42 #2. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
2 43 word "Act" the following: "relating to animal feeding
2 44 operations, by regulating animal feeding operation
2 45 structures and".
2 46 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
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2 50 SUKUP of Franklin
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3 4 ARNOLD of Lucas
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3 8 TEIG of Hamilton
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3 12 EDDIE of Buena Vista
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3 16 GREINER of Washington
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3 20 MEYER of Sac
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3 24 GREIG of Emmet
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3 28 GARMAN of Story
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3 32 KOENIGS of Mitchell
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3 36 MUNDIE of Webster
3 37 SF 472.306 77
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