House Journal: Page 1467: Friday, April 12, 2002
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1 USING INTERIM MATRIX.
2 1. Notwithstanding sections 455B.200A and
3 455B.200F, the department shall approve or disapprove
4 an application for a permit to construct a confinement
5 feeding operation structure pursuant to section
6 455B.200A, if an application is submitted according to
7 procedures required by the department, the application
8 meets standards established under chapter 455B, as
9 amended by this Act, and the application complies with
10 the requirements of this section. This section does
11 not apply to the expansion of a confinement feeding
12 operation that includes a confinement feeding
13 operation structure constructed prior to April 1,
14 2002, due to the construction or expansion of a
15 confinement feeding operation structure if after the
16 expansion of the confinement feeding operation, its
17 animal unit capacity is one thousand six hundred
18 sixty-six animal units or less.
19 2. This section applies on and after the date that
20 the department publishes a notice in the Iowa
21 administrative bulletin commencing its evaluation of
22 applications under this section.
23 3. The department shall approve or disapprove an
24 application based on an interim matrix. The interim
25 matrix shall be used to award points as provided in
26 this subsection. In order to be issued a construction
27 permit, a person must achieve one hundred points. The
28 points shall be awarded as follows:
29 a. The following criteria shall apply to
30 separation distances. The separation distances
31 provided in this paragraph shall apply in addition to
32 separation distances required for confinement feeding
33 operation structures or for the application of manure
34 originating from confinement feeding operations as
35 provided in chapter 455B, divisions II and III, as
36 provided in the 2001 Code of Iowa, unless otherwise
37 provided in this paragraph "a".
38 (1) The following criteria shall apply to require
39 additional separation distances between a proposed
40 confinement feeding operation structure and a
41 residence not owned by the owner of the confinement
42 feeding operation, a commercial enterprise, a bona
43 fide religious institution, or an educational
44 institution as provided in section 455B.162:
45 (a) Two hundred fifty or more feet but less than
46 five hundred feet: five points.
47 (b) Five hundred or more feet but less than seven
48 hundred fifty feet: ten points.
49 (c) Seven hundred fifty or more feet but less than
50 one thousand feet: fifteen points.
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