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House Journal: Page 1064: Tuesday, April 8, 1997

Absent or not voting, 1:
Blodgett       	
Amendment H-1572 lost.
Garman of Story offered the following amendment H-1543 filed by
her and moved its adoption:

H-1543

 1     Amend House File 708 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 12, by inserting after line 4 the
 3   following:
 4     "___.  To the department of natural resources for
 5   testing exclusively earthen manure storage structures,
 6   in accordance with this subsection:
 7  		 $	    100,000
 8     a.  The department shall utilize the moneys
 9   appropriated in this subsection to perform testing of
10   exclusively earthen manure storage structures,
11   including anaerobic lagoons and earthen manure storage
12   basins, which are part of confinement feeding
13   operations.
14     b.  The testing shall include installation and
15   operation of hydrological monitoring wells.  The
16   testing process shall be considered as part of an
17   inspection.  The department shall comply with section
18   455B.103 when entering upon land to perform testing
19   under this section, unless the owner of the
20   confinement feeding operation agrees to the
21   inspection.  The owner of a confinement feeding
22   operation who obstructs or interferes with testing
23   shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than
24   five thousand dollars.
25     c.  The department shall report its findings and
26   recommendations to the general assembly.  A
27   preliminary report shall be submitted on or before
28   January 1, 1998, and a final report shall be delivered
29   on or before January 1, 1999.
30     d.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
31   appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall not
32   revert until January 15, 1999.
33     e.  Chapter 22 shall apply to all information
34   received by the department other than information
35   which identifies a person or operation subject to the
36   testing, unless an administrative or legal action is
37   brought to enforce a violation of chapter 455B as
38   provided in that chapter."
39     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Boggess of Taylor in the chair at 8:24 p.m.
Amendment H-1543 lost.

Iowa General Assembly

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