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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.171, Code 1997, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  "Animal feeding operation structure"
  1  4 means the same as defined in section 455B.161.
  1  5    Sec. 2.  Section 455B.204, subsection 1, unnumbered
  1  6 paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1  7    An animal feeding operation structure shall not be located
  1  8 at least constructed or expanded less than five hundred feet
  1  9 away from the surface intake of an agricultural drainage well
  1 10 or known sinkhole, and at least two not less than five hundred
  1 11 feet away from a lake, river, or stream located within the
  1 12 territorial limits of the state, any marginal river area
  1 13 adjacent to the state, which can support a floating vessel
  1 14 capable of carrying one or more persons during a total of a
  1 15 six-month period in one out of ten years, excluding periods of
  1 16 flooding.  However, no distance separation is required between
  1 17 a location or object and a farm pond or privately owned lake,
  1 18 as defined in section 462A.2.  
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill amends Code section 455B.204 which in part
  1 21 provides distance requirements between an animal feeding
  1 22 operation structure and a lake, river, or stream located
  1 23 within the territorial limits of the state, or any marginal
  1 24 river area adjacent to the state.  This bill increases the
  1 25 distance requirement from 200 to 500 feet and applies the
  1 26 requirement to newly constructed or expanded animal feeding
  1 27 structures.  A person violating the bill is subject to a civil
  1 28 penalty of not more than $5,000.  
  1 29 LSB 2508YH 77
  1 30 da/jw/5
     
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