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House Journal: Page 1525: Monday, April 13, 1998

39   commercial manure applicators and confinement site
40   manure applicators.  The department shall adopt rules
41   necessary to administer this section, including
42   establishing certification standards, which shall at
43   least include standards for the handling, application,
44   and storage of manure, the potential effects of manure
45   upon surface water and groundwater, and procedures to
46   remediate the potential effects on surface water or
47   groundwater.
48     a.  The department shall adopt by rule criteria for
49   allowing a person required to be certified to complete
50   either a written or oral examination.

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 1     b.  The department shall administer the continuing
 2   instructional courses, by either teaching the courses
 3   or selecting persons to teach the courses, according
 4   to criteria as provided by rules adopted by the
 5   department.  The department shall, to the extent
 6   possible, select persons to teach the continuing
 7   instructional courses.  The department is not required
 8   to compensate persons to teach the continuing
 9   instructional courses.  In selecting persons, the
10   department shall consult with organizations interested
11   in the application of manure, including associations
12   representing manure applicators and associations
13   representing agricultural producers.  The Iowa
14   cooperative extension service in agriculture and home
15   economics of Iowa state university of science and
16   technology shall cooperate with the department in
17   administering the continuing instructional courses.
18   The Iowa cooperative extension service may teach
19   continuing instructional courses, train persons
20   selected to teach courses, or distribute informational
21   materials to persons teaching the courses.
22     c.  The department, in administering the
23   certification program under this section, and the
24   department of agriculture and land stewardship in
25   administering the certification program for pesticide
26   applicators may cooperate together.
27     5.  a.  This section shall not require a person to
28   be certified as a commercial manure applicator if any
29   of the following applies:
30     (1)  The person is any of the following:
31     (a)  Actively engaged in farming who trades work
32   with another such person.
33     (b)  Employed by a person actively engaged in
34   farming not solely as a manure applicator who applies
35   manure as an incidental part of the person's general
36   duties.
37     (c)  Engaged in applying manure as an incidental
38   part of a custom farming operation.

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