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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  459.211  CONFINEMENT FEEDING
  1  2 OPERATION STRUCTURES BENEFITING FROM SEPARATION DISTANCE
  1  3 REQUIREMENTS.
  1  4    Notwithstanding section 459.205, subsection 1, all of the
  1  5 following apply:
  1  6    1.  a.  Except as provided in subsection 2, this subsection
  1  7 applies to a residence not owned by the owner of a confinement
  1  8 feeding operation, a commercial enterprise, a bona fide
  1  9 religious institution, or an educational institution
  1 10 constructed on or after July 1, 2004, and to the expansion of
  1 11 such a structure on or after July 1, 2004.
  1 12    b.  The following table represents the minimum separation
  1 13 distance in feet required between a structure provided in
  1 14 paragraph "a" and a confinement feeding operation structure:  
  1 15                                      For a
  1 16                                    confinement
  1 17                           For a       feeding         For a
  1 18                        confinement   operation     confinement
  1 19                          feeding     having an       feeding
  1 20                         operation   animal unit     operation
  1 21                         having an   capacity of     having an
  1 22                        animal unit    1,000 or     animal unit
  1 23                        capacity of    more but     capacity of
  1 24                        less than     less than      3,000 or
  1 25                          1,000         3,000       more animal
  1 26 Type of structure     animal units   animal units     units
  1 27 _______________________________________________________________
  1 28 Anaerobic lagoon            1,875          2,500          3,000
  1 29 Uncovered earthen manure
  1 30   storage basin             1,875          2,500          3,000
  1 31 Uncovered formed manure
  1 32   storage structure         1,500          2,000          2,500
  1 33 Covered earthen manure
  1 34   storage basin             1,250          1,875          2,375
  1 35 Covered formed manure
  2  1   storage structure         1,250          1,875          2,375
  2  2 Confinement building        1,250          1,875          2,375
  2  3 Egg washwater storage
  2  4   structure                 1,000          1,500          2,000
  2  5    2.  a.  This subsection applies to all of the following:
  2  6    (1)  A public use area established on or after July 1,
  2  7 2004, or to the expansion of a public use area on or after
  2  8 July 1, 2004.
  2  9    (2)  A residence not owned by the owner of the confinement
  2 10 feeding operation, a commercial enterprise, a bona fide
  2 11 religious institution, or an educational institution, if such
  2 12 structure was constructed on or after July 1, 2004, and to the
  2 13 expansion of a structure on or after July 1, 2004, and if the
  2 14 structure is located within the corporate limits of a city.
  2 15    b.  The following table represents the minimum separation
  2 16 distance in feet required between a public use area or a
  2 17 structure provided in paragraph "a" and a confinement feeding
  2 18 operation structure:  
  2 19                                        For a
  2 20                                      confinement
  2 21                         For a         feeding         For a
  2 22                      confinement     operation     confinement
  2 23                        feeding       having an       feeding
  2 24                       operation     animal unit     operation
  2 25                       having an     capacity of     having an
  2 26                      animal unit      1,000 or     animal unit
  2 27                      capacity of      more but     capacity of
  2 28                      less than       less than      3,000 or
  2 29                        1,000           3,000       more animal
  2 30 Type of structure   animal units     animal units     units
  2 31 _______________________________________________________________
  2 32 Confinement feeding
  2 33   operation structure       1,875        2,500         3,000
  2 34                           EXPLANATION
  2 35    This bill amends provisions in Code chapter 459, relating
  3  1 to the regulation of animal feeding operations by the
  3  2 department of natural resources, including confinement feeding
  3  3 operations.
  3  4    Various provisions of the chapter require separation
  3  5 distance requirements to be established between confinement
  3  6 feeding operation structures (buildings, manure storage areas,
  3  7 and egg washwater storage areas) and homes, schools,
  3  8 businesses, and churches.  Different separation distance
  3  9 requirements apply between confinement feeding operation
  3 10 structures and public use areas (portions of parks and
  3 11 cemeteries) or homes, schools, businesses, and churches.
  3 12    The bill prohibits a person from establishing or expanding
  3 13 a home, school, business, church, or public use area within
  3 14 the same separation distances that apply to prohibiting the
  3 15 construction or expansion of a confinement feeding operation
  3 16 structure within proximity of one of these places.  There is
  3 17 one exception:  the current Code chapter's requirements do not
  3 18 apply to the construction of small animal feeding operations
  3 19 (having an animal unit capacity of 500 or fewer animal units).
  3 20 The bill provides that the new separation distance
  3 21 requirements preclude the establishment or expansion of one of
  3 22 the places in proximity to a confinement feeding operation
  3 23 structure, regardless of the confinement feeding operation's
  3 24 size.
  3 25    Generally, a person who violates a provision of Code
  3 26 chapter 459, subchapter II, is subject to a civil penalty not
  3 27 to exceed $10,000 (see Code sections 459.602 and 455B.109).  
  3 28 LSB 5402HH 80
  3 29 da/pj/5.1
     

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