House Journal: Page 1484: Friday, April 12, 2002
32 (2) Fragile land areas including but not limited
33 to designated wetlands, floodplains, or areas with
34 rare or valuable ecosystems.
35 (3) Water sources including major water sources
36 used as drinking water supplies; watersheds; high-
37 quality water resources; and aquifers and their
38 recharge areas.
39 (4) Public use areas or critical public areas.
40 b. The availability of land required for the
41 application of manure originating from the confinement
42 feeding operation as provided in section 455B.203.
43 c. The geology and hydrology of the site.
44 d. The impact of the confinement feeding
45 operation, after construction of the proposed
46 confinement feeding operation structure, on the
47 services of any city located in proximity to the
48 confinement feeding operation or the county in which
49 the confinement feeding operation is located.
50 e. The extent to which the applicant has complied
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1 with requirements under this division for other animal
2 feeding operations owned by the applicant.
3 3. An ordinance adopted under this section shall
4 provide for methods and procedures required for
5 submission of proposals, review of proposals, and
6 approval of a site for the construction or expansion
7 of a proposed confinement feeding operation structure.
8 In administering the ordinance, the board may
9 establish a confinement feeding operations siting
10 commission which shall review each proposal for the
11 construction or expansion of a confinement feeding
12 operation, and recommend to the county board of
13 supervisors that the board approve or disapprove the
14 proposal. The commission shall make its
15 recommendation to the board and the board shall
16 approve or disapprove a proposal within thirty days
17 after the date that the county receives the proposal.
18 The board shall notify the department of its decision
19 to approve or disapprove the proposal in the same
20 manner as required to provide comments prior to March
21 1, 2003, as provided in this Act."
22 2. Page 64, by striking lines 7 through 10 and
23 inserting the following:
24 "Sec. . INTERIM PROCESS REPEALED. The section
25 of this Act providing for the interim siting of
26 confinement feeding operation structures by county
27 boards of supervisors is repealed March 1, 2003."
28 3. By renumbering as necessary.
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