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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.171, Code 1997, is amended by 1 2 adding the following new subsections: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. "Agricultural drainage well" means a 1 4 vertical opening to an aquifer or permeable substratum which 1 5 is constructed by any means including but not limited to 1 6 drilling, driving, digging, boring, augering, jetting, 1 7 washing, or coring, and which is capable of intercepting or 1 8 receiving surface or subsurface drainage water from 1 9 agricultural land. 1 10 NEW SUBSECTION. 1B. "Agricultural drainage well basin" 1 11 means an area of land where surface and subsurface water 1 12 drains into an agricultural drainage well, including by a 1 13 drainage system constructed of tile lines, laterals, surface 1 14 inlets, or other improvements which facilitate drainage. 1 15 NEW SUBSECTION. 1C. "Anaerobic lagoon" means the same as 1 16 defined in section 455B.161. 1 17 NEW SUBSECTION. 7A. "Earthen manure storage basin" means 1 18 the same as defined in section 455B.161. 1 19 Sec. 2. Section 455B.173, subsection 13, Code 1997, is 1 20 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph: 1 21 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. The department shall not issue a 1 22 permit for the construction of an earthen manure storage basin 1 23 or an anaerobic lagoon located within a drainage district, 1 24 established pursuant to chapter 468, which contains an 1 25 agricultural drainage well, or within an agricultural drainage 1 26 well basin. 1 27 EXPLANATION 1 28 This bill amends a provision in Code chapter 455B which 1 29 provides for the issuance of construction permits for animal 1 30 feeding operation structures by the department of natural 1 31 resources. The bill prohibits the department from issuing a 1 32 permit for the construction of an earthen manure storage basin 1 33 or an anaerobic lagoon located within a drainage district 1 34 which contains an agricultural drainage well or within an 1 35 agricultural drainage well basin where surface and subsurface 2 1 water drains into an agricultural drainage well. 2 2 LSB 1613HH 77 2 3 da/cf/24
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