House Journal: Page 1450: Friday, April 12, 2002
15 the application.
16 Sec. 36. NEW SECTION. 455B.200F MASTER MATRIX.
17 1. The department shall adopt rules for the
18 development and use of a master matrix. The purpose
19 of the master matrix is to provide a comprehensive
20 assessment mechanism in order to produce a
21 statistically verifiable basis for determining whether
22 to approve or disapprove an application for the
23 construction, including expansion, of a confinement
24 feeding operation structure requiring a permit
25 pursuant to section 455B.200A.
26 a. The master matrix shall be used to establish
27 conditions for the construction of a confinement
28 feeding operation structure and for the implementation
29 of manure management practices, which conditions shall
30 be included in the approval of the construction permit
31 or the original manure management plan as applicable.
32 The master matrix shall be used to determine all of
33 the following:
34 (1) The appropriate location to construct a
35 confinement feeding operation structure, including the
36 proximity and orientation of a proposed confinement
37 feeding operation structure to objects or locations
38 for which separation distances are required pursuant
39 to sections 455B.162 and 455B.204.
40 (2) The appropriate type of a confinement feeding
41 operation structure required to be constructed,
42 including the type and size of the manure storage
43 structure, or the installation of a related pollution-
44 control device.
45 b. The master matrix shall be designed to produce
46 quantifiable results based on the scoring of objective
47 criteria according to an established value scale.
48 Each criterion shall be assigned points corresponding
49 to the value scale. The master matrix shall consider
50 risks and factors mitigating risks if the confinement
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1 feeding operation structure were constructed according
2 to the application.
3 c. The master matrix may be a computer model.
4 However, the master matrix must be a practical tool
5 for use by persons when completing applications and by
6 persons when scoring applications. To every extent
7 feasible, the master matrix shall include criteria
8 presented in the form of questions that may be readily
9 scored according to ascertainable data and upon which
10 reasonable persons familiar with the location of a
11 proposed construction site would not ordinarily
12 disagree.
13 2. The master matrix shall include criteria
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