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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  455B.205  INSPECTION PROGRAM –
  1  2 ANAEROBIC LAGOONS AND EARTHEN MANURE STORAGE BASINS.
  1  3    The department shall establish a program to inspect
  1  4 anaerobic lagoons and earthen manure storage basins which are
  1  5 part of animal feeding operations.  The program shall require
  1  6 an anaerobic lagoon or earthen manure storage basin to be
  1  7 inspected by the department at least once each twelve months.
  1  8 The inspection schedule shall provide priority to inspections
  1  9 of anaerobic lagoons and earthen manure storage basins located
  1 10 within environmentally sensitive areas.  The department may
  1 11 require the installation and operation of a hydrological
  1 12 monitoring system if after an on-site inspection, the
  1 13 department determines that a site presents an extraordinary
  1 14 potential for surface water or subsurface water pollution.
  1 15 The department shall file a report with the general assembly
  1 16 on or before January 15 of each year describing the inspection
  1 17 program, including resulting disciplinary or legal action
  1 18 initiated by the department or the attorney general against
  1 19 animal feeding operations in violation of this chapter.  
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill creates a new Code section 455B.205 requiring
  1 22 that the department of natural resources establish a program
  1 23 to inspect anaerobic lagoons and earthen manure storage
  1 24 basins.  The program must require an anaerobic lagoon or
  1 25 earthen manure storage basin to be inspected by the department
  1 26 at least once each 12 months.  The bill provides that the
  1 27 department may require the installation and operation of a
  1 28 hydrological monitoring system if it determines that a site
  1 29 presents an extraordinary potential for water pollution.  The
  1 30 bill provides that the department must file an annual report
  1 31 with the general assembly regarding the inspection program.
  1 32    Code section 455B.191 provides that a person violating
  1 33 provisions relating to water quality is subject to a civil
  1 34 penalty of up to $5,000 for each day of the violation.  
  1 35 LSB 2727SV 77
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