455B.162  Animal feeding operations--new construction and expansion.

The following shall apply to animal feeding operation structures:

1.  Except as provided in subsection 6, and sections 455B.163 and 455B.165, this subsection applies to animal feeding operation structures constructed on or after May 31, 1995, but prior to January 1, 1999; and to the expansion of structures constructed prior to January 1, 1999.

The following table represents the minimum separation distance in feet required between an animal feeding operation structure and a residence not owned by the owner of the animal feeding operation, or a commercial enterprise, bona fide religious institution, or an educational institution: 


                                                   Minimum separation                                                                                                         
                                                   distance in feet for                                                                                                       
                                                   operations having                                                                                                          
                             Minimum separation                                  an animal weight                                                          Minimum separation                                                             
                             distance in feet for                                capacity of 625,000                                                        distance in feet for                                                      
                             operations having                                    or more pounds but                                                        operations having                                                             
                             an animal weight                                    less than 1,250,000                                                        an animal weight                                                              
                             capacity of less than                                pounds for animals                                                        capacity of 1,250,000                                                     
                             625,000 pounds for                                  other than bovine,                                                        or more pounds for                                                           
                             animals other than                                  or 1,600,000 or more                                                      animals other than                                                         
                             bovine, or less than                                pounds but less than                                                      bovine, or 4,000,000                                                     
                             1,600,000 pounds for                                 4,000,000 pounds for                                                       or more pounds for                                                     
 Type of structure            bovine                                              bovine                                                                    bovine                                                                              
 
 

Anaerobic lagoon                  1,250                                                      1,875                                                                            2,500 Uncovered earthen manure   storage basin          1,250                                                      1,875                                                                            2,500 Uncovered formed manure   storage structure      1,000                                                      1,500                                                                            2,000 Covered earthen manure   storage basin            750                                            1,000                                                                            1,500 Covered formed manure   storage structure        750                                            1,000                                                                            1,500 Confinement building                750                                            1,000                                                                            1,500 Egg washwater storage   structure                750                                            1,000                                                                            1,500 

2.  Except as provided in subsection 6, and sections 455B.163 and 455B.165, this subsection applies to animal feeding operation structures constructed on or after January 1, 1999, and to the expansion of structures constructed on or after January 1, 1999. The following table represents the minimum separation distance in feet required between an animal feeding operation structure and a residence not owned by the owner of the animal feeding operation, or a commercial enterprise, bona fide religious institution, or an educational institution: 


                                                   Minimum separation                                                                                                         
                                                   distance in feet for                                                                                                       
                                                   operations having                                                                                                          
                             Minimum separation                                  an animal weight                                                          Minimum separation                                                             
                             distance in feet for                                capacity of 625,000                                                        distance in feet for                                                      
                             operations having                                    or more pounds but                                                        operations having                                                             
                             an animal weight                                    less than 1,250,000                                                        an animal weight                                                              
                             capacity of less than                                pounds for animals                                                        capacity of 1,250,000                                                     
                             625,000 pounds for                                  other than bovine,                                                        or more pounds for                                                           
                             animals other than                                  or 1,600,000 or more                                                      animals other than                                                         
                             bovine, or less than                                pounds but less than                                                      bovine, or 4,000,000                                                     
                             1,600,000 pounds for                                4,000,000 pounds for                                                      or more pounds for                                                       
 Type of structure            bovine                                              bovine                                                                    bovine                                                                              
 
 

Anaerobic lagoon                  1,250                                                      1,875                                                                            2,500 Uncovered earthen manure   storage basin          1,250                                                      1,875                                                                            2,500 Uncovered formed manure   storage structure      1,250                                                      1,500                                                                            2,000 Covered earthen manure   storage basin          1,000                                                      1,250                                                                            1,875 Covered formed manure   storage structure      1,000                                                      1,250                                                                            1,875 Confinement building              1,000                                                      1,250                                                                            1,875 Egg washwater storage   structure                750                                            1,000                                                                            1,500 

3.  Except as provided in subsection 6, and sections 455B.163 and 455B.165, this subsection applies to animal feeding operation structures constructed on or after May 31, 1995; to the expansion of structures constructed on or after May 31, 1995; and to the expansion of structures constructed prior to May 31, 1995. The following table represents the minimum separation distance in feet required between animal feeding operation structures and a public use area or a residence not owned by the owner of the animal feeding operation, a commercial enterprise, a bona fide religious institution, or an educational institution located within the corporate limits of a city: 


                                                   Minimum separation                                                                                                         
                                                   distance in feet for                                                                                                       
                                                   operations having                                                                                                          
                             Minimum separation                                  an animal weight                                                          Minimum separation                                                             
                             distance in feet for                                capacity of 625,000                                                        distance in feet for                                                      
                             operations having                                    or more pounds but                                                         operations having                                                            
                             an animal weight                                    less than 1,250,000                                                        an animal weight                                                              
                             capacity of less than                               pounds for animals                                                        capacity of 1,250,000                                                    
                             625,000 pounds for                                  other than bovine,                                                        or more pounds for                                                           
                             animals other than                                  or 1,600,000 or more                                                      animals other than                                                         
                             bovine, or less than                                pounds but less than                                                      bovine, or 4,000,000                                                     
                             1,600,000 pounds for                                 4,000,000 pounds for                                                      or more pounds for                                                      
 Type of structure            bovine                                              bovine                                                                    bovine                                                                              
 
 

Animal feeding operation   structure              1,250                                                      1,875                                                                            2,500 

4.  Except as provided in section 455B.165, on and after January 1, 1999, an animal feeding operation structure shall not be constructed or expanded within one hundred feet from a thoroughfare, including a road, street, or bridge which is constructed or maintained by the state or a political subdivision.

5.  Except as provided in section 455B.165, a person shall not apply liquid manure from a confinement feeding operation on land located within seven hundred fifty feet from a residence not owned by the titleholder of the land, a commercial enterprise, a bona fide religious institution, an educational institution, or a public use area.

6. a.  As used in this subsection, a "qualified confinement feeding operation" means a confinement feeding operation having an animal weight capacity of two million or more pounds for animals other than animals kept in a swine farrow-to-finish operation or bovine kept in a confinement feeding operation; a swine farrow-to-finish operation having an animal weight capacity of two million five hundred thousand or more pounds; or a confinement feeding operation having an animal weight capacity of eight million or more pounds for bovine.

b.  A qualified confinement feeding operation shall only use an animal feeding operation structure which employs bacterial action which is maintained by the utilization of air or oxygen, and which shall include aeration equipment. The type and degree of treatment technology required to be installed shall be based on the size of the confinement feeding operation, according to rules adopted by the department. The equipment shall be installed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and requirements of rules adopted pursuant to this subsection.

c.  This subsection shall not apply to a confinement feeding operation which stores manure as dry matter, or to an egg washwater storage structure. This subsection shall not apply to a confinement feeding operation, if the operation was constructed prior to May 31, 1995, or the department issued a permit prior to May 31, 1995, for the construction of an animal feeding operation structure connected to a confinement feeding operation and the construction began prior to May 31, 1995.

Section History: Recent form

  95 Acts, ch 195, §16; 98 Acts, ch 1209, § 15-17, 53; 99 Acts, ch 114, § 58, 59

Internal References

  Referred to in § 455B.163, 455B.165, 455B.200A, 654C.1


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