567—65.9 (455B) Construction permit application.
	 65.9(1) Confinement feeding operations. Application for a construction permit for a confinement feeding operation shall be made on a form provided by the department. The application shall include all of the information required. At the time the department receives a complete application, the department shall make a determination regarding the approval or denial of the permit within 60 days. However, the 60-day requirement shall not apply to an application if the applicant is not required to obtain a permit. A construction permit application for a confinement feeding operation shall include at least the following:
	  a.   	 The owner and the name of the confinement feeding operation, including mailing address and telephone number.
	  b.   	 The contact person for the confinement feeding operation, including mailing address and telephone number.
	  c.   	 The location of the confinement feeding operation.
	  d.   	 Whether the application is for the expansion of an existing or the construction of a proposed confinement feeding operation.
	  e.   	 The animal weight capacity by animal species of the current confinement feeding operation to be expanded, if applicable, and of the proposed confinement feeding operation.
	  f.   	 For a manure storage structure in which manure is stored in a liquid or semiliquid form or for an egg washwater storage structure, an engineering report, construction plans and specifications, prepared by a licensed professional engineer or by Natural Resources Conservation Service personnel, that detail the proposed structures.
	  g.   	 A report on soil corings in the area of the aerobic structure, anaerobic lagoon, egg washwater storage structure, or manure storage basin, as described in subrule 65.17(6), if an earthen lagoon, structure or basin is being constructed.
	  h.   	 Payment to the department of the indemnity fund fee as required in Iowa Code section 455J.3.
	  i.   	 If the confinement feeding operation contains three or more animal feeding operation structures, a licensed professional engineer shall certify that either the construction of the structure will not impede the drainage through established drainage tile lines which cross property boundary lines or that if the drainage is impeded during construction, the drainage tile will be rerouted to reestablish the drainage prior to operation of the structure.
	  j.   	 Information (e.g., maps, drawings, aerial photos) that clearly shows the proposed location of the animal feeding operation structures, any locations or objects from which a separation distance is required by Iowa Code sections 455B.162 and 455B.204 and that the structures will meet all applicable separation distances.
	  k.   	 The names of all parties with an interest or controlling interest in the confinement feeding operation who also have an interest or controlling interest in at least one other confinement feeding operation in Iowa, and the names and locations of such other operations.
	  l.   	 Documentation that a copy of the permit application and manure management plan has been provided to the county board of supervisors or county auditor in the county where the operation or structure subject to the permit is to be located, and documentation of the date received by the county.
	  m.   	 A fee of $500, consisting of a construction permit application fee of $250 and the manure management plan filing fee of $250 as required in 65.16(6).
	  n.   	 Rescinded IAB 2/19/03, effective 3/1/03.
	  o.   	 Information necessary for the department to determine: (1) if the confinement feeding operation is proposed to be located on a one hundred year flood plain; (2) if a flood plain development permit for the operation is required; and (3) if a flood plain development permit may be issued if one is required, pursuant to 567—Chapters 70 to 76. This information may include land surveys to determine elevations of the land within the footprint of the planned operation as well as flood plain and channel geometry.
	  p.   	 A copy of any master matrix evaluation provided to the county.
	 65.9(2) Open feedlots. Rescinded IAB 9/14/05, effective 9/14/05.