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1 1 Section 1. Section 455B.171, Code 2001, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsections:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 19A. "Manure solids settling facility"
1 4 means a basin, terrace, diversion, or other structure designed
1 5 and operated to remove settleable solids from open feedlot
1 6 runoff.
1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 33A. "Runoff control basin" means an
1 8 impoundment designed and operated to collect and store runoff
1 9 from an open feedlot.
1 10 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 455B.200C OPEN FEEDLOTS – SPECIAL
1 11 TERMS.
1 12 For purposes of this part:
1 13 1. "Manure control facility" means a structure constructed
1 14 to retain manure or runoff originating from an open feedlot or
1 15 related area, including but not limited to a manure solids
1 16 settling facility or runoff control basin.
1 17 2. "Manure control practice" means any practice installed
1 18 to mitigate the discharge of manure flows into a water of this
1 19 state, including but not limited to the installation of
1 20 permanent vegetation buffer zones or filter strips,
1 21 infiltration fields, or wetlands.
1 22 Sec. 3. Section 455B.201, subsection 1, Code 2001, is
1 23 amended to read as follows:
1 24 1. a. A confinement feeding operation shall retain all
1 25 manure produced by the operation between periods of manure
1 26 disposal. A confinement feeding operation shall not discharge
1 27 manure directly into water of the state or into a tile line
1 28 that discharges directly into water of the state.
1 29 b. An open feedlot shall provide for the removal of
1 30 settleable solids from manure prior to its discharge into a
1 31 water of the state. Settleable solids may be removed by use
1 32 of a manure solids settling facility or other method to remove
1 33 manure solids. However, the department shall not require the
1 34 construction of a manure solids settling facility where
1 35 existing site conditions provide adequate settleable solids
2 1 removal.
2 2 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 455B.205A OPEN FEEDLOTS – MANURE
2 3 CONTROL – COST-SHARE MONEYS.
2 4 1. The department shall not require the owner of an open
2 5 feedlot to construct a manure control facility to retain all
2 6 manure originating from the open feedlot or manure flows
2 7 contributed from related areas, unless all of the following
2 8 apply:
2 9 a. The open feedlot is subject to an operating permit.
2 10 b. At least seventy-five percent of the costs of
2 11 construction is financed by cost-share moneys contributed by
2 12 the state or federal government.
2 13 2. The department shall not require that the owner of an
2 14 open feedlot install a manure control practice, unless all of
2 15 the following apply:
2 16 a. The open feedlot is subject to an operating permit.
2 17 b. At least fifty percent of the costs of installation is
2 18 financed by cost-share moneys contributed by the state or
2 19 federal government.
2 20 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 21 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 22 EXPLANATION
2 23 This bill provides for the control of manure originating
2 24 from areas associated with open feedlots. It provides that
2 25 the open feedlot must provide for the removal of settleable
2 26 solids prior to discharge of runoff into a water of the state.
2 27 It also provides that the department shall not require the
2 28 owner of an open feedlot to construct a manure control
2 29 facility to retain all manure from the open feedlot, unless it
2 30 is subject to an operating permit and at least 75 percent of
2 31 the costs of construction is financed by cost-share moneys
2 32 contributed by the state or federal government. The bill
2 33 provides that the department shall not require the owner to
2 34 install a manure control practice, unless the open feedlot is
2 35 subject to an operating permit and at least 50 percent of the
3 1 costs of installation is financed by cost-share moneys
3 2 contributed by the state or federal government.
3 3 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
3 4 LSB 3255SC 79
3 5 da/pj/5
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