Section 459B.101 – Title.
459B.101 Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Animal Agriculture Compliance Act for Dry Bedded Confinement Feeding Operations”. 2009 Acts, ch 155, §5, 18
Section 459B.102 – Definitions.
459B.102 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Alluvial aquifer area” means an area underlaid by sand or gravel aquifers situated beneath floodplains along stream valleys and includes alluvial deposits associated with stream terraces and benches, contiguous wind-blown sand deposits, and glacial outwash deposits. 2. “Animal” means cattle or swine. […]
Section 459B.103 – Special terms.
459B.103 Special terms. For purposes of this chapter, all of the following shall apply: 1. Two or more dry bedded confinement feeding operations under common ownership or common management are deemed to be a single dry bedded confinement feeding operation if they are adjacent or utilize a common area or system for dry bedded manure […]
Section 459B.104 – General authority — commission and department — purpose — compliance.
459B.104 General authority — commission and department — purpose — compliance. 1. The environmental protection commission shall establish by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 17A, requirements relating to the construction, including expansion, or operation of dry bedded confinement feeding operations, including related dry bedded manure confinement feeding operation buildings and stockpiles. 2. Any provision referring […]
Section 459B.201 – Construction design standards.
459B.201 Construction design standards. A person constructing a dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure on karst terrain or in an alluvial aquifer area shall comply with all of the following: 1. The person must construct the dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure at a location where there is a vertical separation distance of at least […]
Section 459B.202 – Distance requirements.
459B.202 Distance requirements. 1. Except as provided in subsection 3, the following shall apply: a. A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure shall not be constructed closer than five hundred feet away from the surface intake of an agricultural drainage well. A dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure shall not be constructed closer than one […]
Section 459B.301 – Stockpiling — air quality.
459B.301 Stockpiling — air quality. A person may stockpile dry bedded manure, subject to this section. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a person shall not stockpile dry bedded manure within one thousand two hundred fifty feet from a residence not owned by the titleholder of the land, a commercial enterprise, a bona fide […]
Section 459B.305 – Dry bedded manure control — water quality.
459B.305 Dry bedded manure control — water quality. A dry bedded confinement feeding operation shall retain all dry bedded manure produced by the operation between periods of dry bedded manure application. For purposes of this section, dry bedded manure may be retained by stockpiling as provided in this chapter. A dry bedded confinement feeding operation […]
Section 459B.306 – Stockpiling — NPDES requirements — water quality.
459B.306 Stockpiling — NPDES requirements — water quality. A person stockpiling dry bedded manure shall comply with applicable requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system pursuant to the federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. ch. 26, as amended, and 40 C.F.R. pts. 122 and 412 . 2009 Acts, ch 155, §13, 18
Section 459B.307 – Stockpiling — state requirements — water quality.
459B.307 Stockpiling — state requirements — water quality. A person may stockpile dry bedded manure, subject to all of the following: 1. a. The person shall not stockpile the dry bedded manure within the following distances to a designated area unless the dry manure is maintained in a manner that will not allow precipitation-induced runoff […]
Section 459B.308 – Manure management plan for a dry bedded confinement feeding operation.
459B.308 Manure management plan for a dry bedded confinement feeding operation. For purposes of a manure management plan for a dry bedded confinement feeding operation, if the application of dry bedded manure is on land other than land owned or rented for crop production by the owner of the dry bedded confinement feeding operation, the […]
Section 459B.401 – General.
459B.401 General. The department and the attorney general shall enforce the provisions of this chapter in the same manner as provided in chapter 459, subchapter VI. 2009 Acts, ch 155, §16, 18
Section 459B.402 – Violations — civil penalty.
459B.402 Violations — civil penalty. A person who violates section 459B.301 shall be subject to the same penalty as provided in section 459.602, and a person who violates any other provision of this chapter shall be subject to the same penalty as provided in section 459.603. Any collected civil penalty and interest on a civil […]