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House File 249

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Bill Introduced: H.J. 371
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 455B.204A, Code 2001, is amended to
  1  2 read as follows:
  1  3    455B.204A  DISPOSAL APPLICATION OF MANURE WITHIN DESIGNATED
  1  4 AREAS – ADOPTION OF RULES.
  1  5    The department shall adopt rules relating to the disposal
  1  6 application of manure in close proximity to a designated area.
  1  7 A person shall not dispose of apply manure on cropland within
  1  8 two hundred feet from a designated area, unless one of the
  1  9 following applies:
  1 10    1.  The manure is applied by injection or incorporation
  1 11 within twenty-four hours following the application.
  1 12    2.  An area of permanent vegetation cover exists for fifty
  1 13 feet surrounding the designated area and that area is not
  1 14 subject to manure application.
  1 15    As used in this section, "designated area" means a known
  1 16 sinkhole, or a cistern, abandoned well, unplugged agricultural
  1 17 drainage well that is not closed as provided in section
  1 18 455I.3, agricultural drainage well surface inlet, drinking
  1 19 water well, or lake, or a farm pond or privately owned lake as
  1 20 defined in section 462A.2.  However, a "designated area" does
  1 21 not include a terrace tile inlet.  
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill amends provisions in Code chapter 455B that
  1 24 regulate manure management practices.  The bill amends Code
  1 25 section 455B.204A that prohibits a person from disposing of
  1 26 manure on cropland within 200 feet from a designated area.  A
  1 27 "designated area" is defined to mean a known sinkhole, or a
  1 28 cistern, abandoned well, agricultural drainage well,
  1 29 agricultural drainage well surface inlet, drinking water well,
  1 30 or lake or farm pond.  The Code section provides two
  1 31 exceptions, if the manure is applied by injection or
  1 32 incorporation within 24 hours following the application, or if
  1 33 an area of permanent vegetation cover exists for 50 feet
  1 34 surrounding the designated area and the area is not subject to
  1 35 manure application.
  2  1    The bill eliminates the exceptions, and provides that the
  2  2 prohibition applies to the application rather than the
  2  3 disposal of manure.
  2  4    Generally, under Code section 455B.191, a person who
  2  5 violates a provision as amended in the bill is subject to a
  2  6 civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for each day of the
  2  7 violation.  
  2  8 LSB 1799HH 79
  2  9 da/cls/14

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