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11 as provided in section 455B.200A.
12 2C. A manure management plan must be authenticated
13 by the person required to submit the manure management
14 plan as required by the department in accordance with
15 section 455B.200D.
16 2D. The department shall approve or disapprove a
17 manure management plan according to procedures
18 established by the department:
19 a. For an original manure management plan
20 submitted due to the construction of a confinement
21 feeding operation structure, the department shall
22 approve or disapprove the manure management plan as
23 follows:
24 (1) If the confinement feeding operation structure
25 is constructed pursuant to a construction permit
26 issued pursuant to section 455B.200A, the manure
27 management plan shall be approved or disapproved as
28 part of the construction permit application.
29 (2) If the confinement feeding operation structure
30 is not constructed pursuant to a construction permit
31 issued pursuant to section 455B.200A, the manure
32 management plan shall be approved or disapproved
33 within sixty days from the date that the department
34 receives the manure management plan.
35 b. For an original manure management plan
36 submitted for a reason other than the construction of
37 a confinement feeding operation structure, the manure
38 management plan shall be approved within sixty days
39 from the date that the department receives the manure
40 management plan.
41 c. For an updated manure management plan, the
42 manure management plan shall be approved within thirty
43 days from the date that the department receives the
44 updated manure management plan.
45 Sec. 39. Section 455B.203, subsection 3, paragraph
46 a, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
47 a. Restrictions on the application of manure based
48 on all of the following:
49 (1) Calculations necessary to determine the land
50 area required for the application of manure from a
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1 confinement feeding operation based on nitrogen use
2 levels in order to obtain optimum crop yields
3 according to a crop schedule specified in the manure
4 management plan, and according to requirements adopted
5 by the department after receiving recommendations from
6 the animal agriculture consulting organization
7 provided for in 1995 Iowa Acts, chapter 195, section
8 37.
9 (2) (a) A phosphorus index. The department shall

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