House File 2642 H-8169 Amend House File 2642 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 455B.171, Code 2026, is amended by 4 adding the following new subsection: 5 NEW SUBSECTION . 18A. “On-site native distillery operation” 6 means land where there is located an operating native 7 distillery issued a class “A” native distilled spirits license 8 by the department of revenue pursuant to section 123.43A. 9 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 455B.172B On-site native distillery 10 operations. 11 1. The department shall adopt by rule pursuant to chapter 12 17A standards for the disposal of wastewater from an on-site 13 native distillery operation. These standards shall provide for 14 but are not limited to disposal by all of the following: 15 a. By land application if all of the following apply: 16 (1) The volume of wastewater produced by the on-site native 17 distillery operation is less than one thousand five hundred 18 gallons per day. 19 (2) The application rate does not exceed thirty thousand 20 gallons per acre per year. 21 (3) The application rate does not exceed one thousand five 22 hundred gallons per acre per day. 23 (4) The standards for land application are consistent with 24 the rules for land application of septage adopted to implement 25 section 455B.172. 26 b. At a publicly owned treatment works or other wastewater 27 treatment system with the permission of the owner of the 28 treatment works. 29 c. Through a subsurface absorption system in conformance 30 with applicable regulations of the United States environmental 31 protection agency. 32 d. Through a disposal system that meets all of the following 33 requirements: 34 (1) The disposal system is located on the same site as the 35 -1- HF 2642.3260 (1) 91 sb/js 1/ 3 #1.

on-site native distillery operation. 1 (2) The disposal system is constructed in conformance with a 2 permit issued by the department. 3 (3) For a disposal system that discharges wastewater 4 into a water of the United States, the system is operated in 5 conformance with a national pollutant discharge elimination 6 system permit issued by the department under section 455B.197. 7 Sec. 3. Section 455B.261, subsection 4, Code 2026, is 8 amended by striking the subsection. 9 Sec. 4. Section 455B.265, subsection 1, Code 2026, is 10 amended to read as follows: 11 1. In its consideration of applications for permits, the 12 department shall give priority in processing to persons in 13 the order that the applications are received, except where 14 when the application of this processing priority system 15 prevents the prompt approval of routine applications or 16 where when the public health, safety, or welfare will be 17 threatened by delay. If the department determines after 18 investigation that the diversion, storage, or withdrawal is 19 consistent with the principles and policies of beneficial 20 use and ensuring conservation, the department shall grant a 21 permit. The determination of beneficial use shall not be 22 based on categories of uses. An application for a permit 23 shall be approved or denied within ninety days from the date 24 that the department receives the complete application. A 25 renewal permit shall be approved or denied by the department 26 within thirty days from the date that the department receives a 27 complete application for renewal. If the applicant requests an 28 extension of the time allotted, the department may approve the 29 request to allow the applicant more time to submit additional 30 information to resolve a contested or complex application. 31 Regardless of the request in the application, and subject 32 to appeal, the director or the department may determine the 33 duration and frequency of withdrawal and the quantity of 34 water to be diverted, stored, or withdrawn pursuant to the 35 -2- HF 2642.3260 (1) 91 sb/js 2/ 3

permit. Each permit granted after July 1, 1986, shall include 1 conditions requiring routine conservation practices, and 2 requiring implementation of emergency conservation measures 3 after notification by the department. > 4 2. Title page, line 1, by striking < certain liquids > and 5 inserting < water > 6 3. Title page, line 3, by striking < liquid waste > and 7 inserting < wastewater > 8 ______________________________ GOLDING of Linn -3- HF 2642.3260 (1) 91 sb/js 3/ 3 #2. #3.