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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2494 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 35, by inserting after line 24 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 455B.205A ENVIRONMENTAL 1 5 HEALTH SPECIALISTS. 1 6 1. A local board of health serving a county or 1 7 district as provided in chapter 137 may contract with 1 8 the department in order to carry out this section. 1 9 The department shall enter into a contract with the 1 10 local board of health, if the agreement for the 1 11 services is cost-effective and the quality of the 1 12 services provided ensures compliance with requirements 1 13 of this chapter, including rules adopted by the 1 14 department. If the local board of health acts in a 1 15 manner that is inconsistent with the provisions of 1 16 this chapter or the contract, the department may 1 17 revoke the contract. 1 18 2. A local board of health which is a party to a 1 19 contract with the department shall designate 1 20 environmental health specialists who shall monitor 1 21 confinement feeding operations and the application of 1 22 manure on land within the board's jurisdiction, 1 23 according to procedures consistent with departmental 1 24 requirements. In conducting monitoring operations, 1 25 the environmental health specialists shall do all of 1 26 the following: 1 27 a. Ensure compliance with manure management plans 1 28 as provided in section 455B.203. 1 29 b. Inspect unformed manure storage structures. An 1 30 inspection shall include a visual determination 1 31 regarding a structure's freeboard level, seepage of 1 32 manure from the structure, erosion, adequate 1 33 vegetation cover, and the presence of an opening 1 34 allowing manure to drain from the structure. 1 35 c. Test drinking water wells which may be 1 36 contaminated by animal feeding operation structures. 1 37 3. An environmental health specialist shall be 1 38 deemed to be an agent of the department for the 1 39 purpose of carrying out duties under a contract, 1 40 including the inspection of premises. An 1 41 environmental health specialist shall have the same 1 42 authority under this chapter provided to the 1 43 department, unless the contract specifies otherwise. 1 44 In order to conduct monitoring, the environmental 1 45 health specialist must comply with standard 1 46 biosecurity requirements customarily required by the 1 47 confinement feeding operation." 1 48 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 1 49 1 50 2 1 2 2 SCHERRMAN of Dubuque 2 3 HF 2494.715 77 2 4 da/sc/28
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