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47 the improvements do not provide for expansion by more
48 than one hundred fifty percent of the animal unit
49 capacity of the confinement feeding operation: ten
50 points.
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1 (5) A person who qualifies as a beginning farmer
2 as defined in section 175.2: fifteen points.
3 e. The following criteria shall apply to an owner
4 of a confinement feeding operation who provides for
5 the following manure management practices:
6 (1) The incorporation of manure within twenty-four
7 hours: five points.
8 (2) The use of a cover over a manure storage
9 structure or a natural crust or oil sprinkling: five
10 points.
11 (3) Participation in the United States department
12 of agriculture natural resource and conservation
13 program referred to as the "filter strip program at 33
14 feet": ten points.
15 (4) The installation of a filter designed to
16 reduce odors from exhaust fans: ten points.
17 (5) The utilization of feed or feed additives
18 containing low phytase corn or the feeding of phytase:
19 ten points.
20 (6) The utilization of a biofilter or impermeable
21 cover: ten points.
22 (7) The utilization of a methane digester
23 (recovery) system for energy or an anaerobic digester:
24 twenty-five points.
25 (8) The utilization of landscaping or other
26 similar controls approved by the department: ten
27 points.
28 (9) The establishment or expansion of a filter
29 strip from thirty-three feet or more up to one hundred
30 twenty feet: fifteen points.
31 (10) The construction of a secondary containment
32 structure: fifteen points.
33 (11) The construction of a manure storage
34 structure beneath a confinement feeding operation
35 structure building: ten points.
36 (12) Participation in the United States department
37 of agriculture natural resource and conservation
38 service program referred to as the "contour buffer
39 strip program": twenty-five points.
40 f. The following points shall be awarded if the
41 confinement feeding operation provides for the
42 distribution of bulk dry animal nutrient products, the
43 person receiving the product agrees that the product
44 will be incorporated, and the person who incorporates
45 the manure includes the condition as part of the
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