Iowa SF 2264: A bill for an act authorizing counties to adopt county legislation relating to the regulation of confinement feeding operations to preserve drinking water sources, and including effective date provisions.

Bill Text

Senate
File
2264
-
Introduced

SENATE
FILE
2264

BY
STAED

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
providing
for
a
manure
management
planning
map.
1

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
459.311F
Manure
management
planning
1

map.
2

1.
The
department
shall
prepare
and
publish
on
its
internet
3

site
a
manure
management
planning
map
to
assist
a
person
4

applying
manure
originating
from
an
animal
feeding
operation.
5

2.
The
manure
management
planning
map
shall
be
part
of
an
6

interactive
computer
program.
The
map
shall
be
in
the
form
of
7

a
digital
dynamic
map
that
incorporates
geographic
information
8

system
technology
in
a
manner
that
allows
a
user
to
immediately
9

identify
areas
that
are
vulnerable
to
pollution
caused
by
10

manure
application
due
to
one
or
more
factors
identified
by
the
11

department,
including
but
not
limited
to
any
of
the
following:
12

a.
Terrain,
including
karst
terrain,
and
topography.
13

b.
The
effect
of
climatic
conditions.
14

c.
The
proximity
to
a
designated
area
or
a
water
source,
15

including
a
high-quality
water
resource.
16

d.
A
field
that
is
included
in
more
than
one
manure
17

management
plan
or
nutrient
management
plan
as
provided
in
18

section
459A.208.
If
manure,
including
open
feedlot
effluent,
19

originating
from
more
than
one
animal
feeding
operation
is
to
20

be
applied
to
a
field,
the
map
shall
indicate
the
months
during
21

which
the
manure
from
that
animal
feeding
operation
is
to
be
22

applied
to
that
field.
23

3.
The
manure
management
planning
map
shall
be
designed
to
24

assist
a
person
to
apply
manure
in
the
most
efficient
practical
25

manner
possible
while
reducing
risks
associated
with
runoff,
26

including
by
adjusting
application
rates
and
timing.
27

Sec.
2.
Section
459.312,
subsection
10,
Code
2026,
is

28

amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
29

NEW
PARAGRAPH

.
0c.
A
verification
that
the
person
consults
30

the
manure
management
planning
map
as
provided
in
section
31

459.311F
prior
to
application.
32

Sec.
3.
Section
459A.208,
subsection
7,
Code
2026,
is

33

amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
34

NEW
PARAGRAPH

.
0c.
A
verification
that
the
person
consults
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the
manure
management
planning
map
as
provided
in
section
1

459.311F
prior
to
application.
2

EXPLANATION
3

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5

BACKGROUND.
An
animal
feeding
operation
(AFO)
is
regulated
6

by
the
department
of
natural
resources
(DNR)
under
several
Code
7

chapters,
including
Code
chapter
459
governing
all
AFOs,
which
8

includes
provisions
regulating
confinement
feeding
operations,
9

and
Code
chapter
459A,
which
includes
selected
provisions
10

regulating
open
feedlot
operations.
An
AFO
is
an
area
in
11

which
agricultural
animals
are
confined
for
45
days
or
more
12

in
any
12-month
period,
and
all
associated
structures
used
13

for
the
storage
of
manure.
A
confinement
feeding
operation
14

maintains
animals
in
roofed
buildings
and
stores
liquid
manure
15

in
a
formed
or
unformed
structure
(see
Code
section
459.102).
16

An
open
feedlot
operation
is
an
unroofed
or
partially
roofed
17

facility
without
crop,
vegetation,
or
forage
growth
or
residue
18

cover
(Code
section
459A.102).
Manure
from
an
open
feedlot
19

operation
includes
solids
that
may
not
be
stored
in
a
structure
20

(stockpiled).
Open
feedlot
effluent
refers
to
a
combination
of
21

manure,
precipitation-induced
runoff,
or
other
runoff
from
an
22

open
feedlot
before
its
settleable
solids
have
been
removed.
23

Both
Code
chapters
regulate
the
application
of
manure,
often
24

pursuant
to
a
plan
required
to
be
filed
with
DNR.
In
the
25

case
of
a
confinement
feeding
operation,
the
plan
is
referred
26

to
as
a
manure
management
plan
(MMP)
(Code
section
459.312)
27

covering
manure,
including
liquid
manure,
and
in
the
case
28

of
an
open
feedlot
operation,
the
plan
is
referred
to
as
a
29

nutrient
management
plan
(NMP)
(Code
section
459A.208)
covering
30

effluent.
31

BILL’S
PROVISIONS.
This
bill
requires
DNR
to
prepare
and
32

publish
on
its
internet
site
a
manure
management
planning
33

map
(MMPM)
to
assist
a
person
applying
manure
originating
34

from
an
AFO.
The
MMPM
must
be
part
of
an
interactive
program
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in
the
form
of
a
digital
dynamic
map
that
identifies
areas
1

vulnerable
to
the
application
of
manure
based
on
a
number
of
2

factors
determined
by
DNR.
The
factors
must
at
least
include
3

terrain
and
topography,
the
effect
of
climatic
conditions,
4

and
proximity
to
a
designated
area
or
a
water
source.
A
5

designated
area
refers
to
a
known
sinkhole,
a
cistern,
an
6

abandoned
well,
an
unplugged
agricultural
drainage
well,
an
7

agricultural
drainage
well
surface
inlet,
a
drinking
water
8

well,
a
des