House Journal: Page 1460: Friday, April 12, 2002
5 1. The department shall adopt rules relating to
6 the disposal application of manure in close proximity
7 to a designated area.
8 2. A Except as otherwise provided in this
9 subsection, a person shall not dispose of apply manure
10 on cropland land located within two hundred feet from
11 a designated area, unless one of the following
12 applies:
13 1. a. The manure is land applied by injection or
14 incorporation within twenty-four hours following the
15 application on the same date as the manure was land
16 applied.
17 2. b. An area of permanent vegetation cover,
18 including filter strips and riparian forest buffers,
19 exists for fifty feet surrounding the designated area
20 other than an unplugged agricultural drainage well or
21 surface intake to an unplugged agricultural drainage
22 well, and that the area of permanent vegetation cover
23 is not subject to manure application.
24 c. The department adopts rules requiring an
25 increased separation distance for the application of
26 manure located in proximity to a high quality water
27 resource in order to protect the integrity of the high
28 quality water resource. However, the department shall
29 not provide for an increased separation distance
30 requirement that is more than four times the
31 separation distance requirement otherwise applicable
32 under this section.
33 As used in this section, "designated area" means a
34 known sinkhole, or a cistern, abandoned well,
35 unplugged agricultural drainage well, agricultural
36 drainage well surface inlet, drinking water well,
37 designated wetland, or lake, or a farm pond or
38 privately owned lake as defined in section 462A.2
39 water source. However, a "designated area" does not
40 include a terrace tile inlet.
41 Sec. 47. Section 455B.205, subsection 1, Code
42 2001, is amended to read as follows:
43 1. The department shall establish by rule
44 engineering adopt rules requiring construction design
45 standards for the construction of unformed manure
46 storage structures required to be constructed pursuant
47 to a construction permit issued under pursuant to
48 section 455B.200A.
49 Sec. 48. Section 455B.205, subsection 2,
50 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read
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1 as follows:
2 The construction design standards for unformed
3 manure storage structures established by the
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