House Journal: Page 1451: Friday, April 12, 2002
14 valuing environmental and community impacts, for use
15 by county boards of supervisors and the department.
16 The master matrix shall include definite point
17 selections for all criteria provided in the master
18 matrix. The master matrix shall provide only for
19 scoring of positive points and shall not provide for
20 deduction of points. The master matrix shall provide
21 for a minimum threshold score required to receive a
22 satisfactory rating. The master matrix shall be
23 structured to ensure that it feasibly provides for a
24 satisfactory rating. Criteria valuing environmental
25 impacts shall account for animal agriculture's
26 relationship to quality of the environment and the
27 conservation of natural resources, and may include
28 factors that refer to all of the following:
29 (a) Topography.
30 (b) Surface water drainage characteristics.
31 (c) The suitability of the soils and the hydrology
32 or hydrogeology of the site.
33 (d) The proximity to public use areas and critical
34 public areas.
35 (e) The proximity to water sources, including
36 high-quality water resources.
37 Sec. 37. Section 455B.201, Code 2001, is amended
38 by adding the following new subsection:
39 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. The department may require
40 that the owner of a confinement feeding operation
41 install and operate a water pollution monitoring
42 system as part of an unformed manure storage
43 structure.
44 Sec. 38. Section 455B.203, subsections 1 and 2,
45 Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
46 1. The following persons shall submit a manure
47 management plan, including an original manure
48 management plan and an updated manure management plan,
49 as required in this section to the department:
50 a. The owner of a confinement feeding operation,
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1 other than a small animal feeding operation, if the
2 animal any of the following apply:
3 (1) The confinement feeding operation was
4 constructed after May 31, 1985, regardless of whether
5 the confinement feeding operation structure was
6 required to be constructed pursuant to a construction
7 permit approved by rules adopted by the department.
8 b. (2) The owner of a confinement feeding
9 operation, if the confinement feeding operation is
10 required to be constructed pursuant to a permit issued
11 by the department The owner constructs a manure
12 storage structure, regardless of whether the person is
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