The department shall adopt rules relating to the disposal of manure in close proximity to a designated area. A person shall not dispose of manure on cropland within two hundred feet from a designated area, unless one of the following applies:
1. The manure is applied by injection or incorporation within twenty-four hours following the application.
2. An area of permanent vegetation cover exists for fifty feet surrounding the designated area and that area is not subject to manure application.
As used in this section, "designated area" means a known sinkhole, or a cistern, abandoned well, unplugged agricultural drainage well, agricultural drainage well surface inlet, drinking water well, or lake, or a farm pond or privately owned lake as defined in section 462A.2. However, a "designated area" does not include a terrace tile inlet.
95 Acts, ch 195, §3
Referred to in § 455B.201, 455B.204
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