Iowa Code § 459.101
Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Animal Agriculture Compliance Act”.
Iowa Code Chapter 459 — Animal Agriculture Compliance Act
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Iowa Code § 459.102
Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Aerobic structure” means an animal feeding operation structure other than an egg washwater storage structure which employs bacterial action which is maintained by the utilization of air or oxygen and which includes aeration equipment. 2. “Anaerobic dig…
Iowa Code § 459.103
General authority — commission and department
1. The commission shall establish by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 17A, requirements relating to the construction, including expansion, or operation of animal feeding operations, including related animal feeding operation structures. The requirements shall include but are not limited to minimum manure control, the i…
Iowa Code § 459.201
Special terms
For purposes of this subchapter, all of the following shall apply: 1. Two or more animal feeding operations under common ownership or management are deemed to be a single animal feeding operation if they are adjacent or utilize a common system for manure storage. For purposes of determining whether two or more confinem…
Iowa Code § 459.202
Confinement feeding operations structures — separation distances
The following shall apply to confinement feeding operation structures: 1. a. Except as provided in subsection 3 and sections 459.203, 459.205, and 459.206, this subsection applies to confinement feeding operation structures constructed on or after May 31, 1995, but prior to January 1, 1999; and to the expansion of stru…
Iowa Code § 459.203
Separation distance requirements for confinement feeding operations — expansion of prior constructed operations
A confinement feeding operation constructed or expanded prior to the date that a distance requirement became effective under section 459.202 and which does not comply with the section’s distance requirement may continue to operate regardless of the distance requirement. The confinement feeding operation may be expanded…
Iowa Code § 459.204
Liquid manure application — separation distance
Except as provided in section 459.205, 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 publi…
Iowa Code § 459.204A
Stockpiling dry manure
A person may stockpile dry manure so long as the person stockpiles the dry manure in compliance with restrictions applicable to stockpiling as provided in this subchapter and subchapter III.
Iowa Code § 459.204B
Stockpiling dry manure — minimum separation distance requirements
Except as provided in section 459.205, a person shall not stockpile dry 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 religious institution, an educational institution, or a public use area.
Iowa Code § 459.205
Separation distance requirements — exemptions
A separation distance requirement provided in this subchapter shall not apply to the following: 1. A confinement feeding operation structure, if the structure is part of a confinement feeding operation which qualifies as a small animal feeding operation. However, this subsection shall not apply if the confinement feedi…
Iowa Code § 459.206
Qualified confinement feeding operations — manure storage structures
1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a qualified confinement feeding operation storing manure in a manure storage structure shall only use a manure storage structure that employs bacterial action which is maintained by the utilization of air or oxygen, and which shall include aeration equipment. The type and degree o…
Iowa Code § 459.207
Animal feeding operations — airborne pollutants control
1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Airborne pollutant” means hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, or odor. b. “Separated location” means a location or object from which a separation distance is required under section 459.202 or 459.204, other than a public thoroughfare. 2. The department shall…
Iowa Code § 459.301
Special terms
For purposes of this subchapter, all of the following shall apply: 1. Two or more animal feeding operations under common ownership or management are deemed to be a single animal feeding operation if they are adjacent or utilize a common area or system for manure disposal. In addition, for purposes of determining whethe…
Iowa Code § 459.302
Document processing requirements
1. The department shall adopt and promulgate forms required to be completed in order to comply with this subchapter including forms for documents that the department shall make available on the internet. 2. a. The department shall provide for procedures for the receipt, filing, processing, and return of documents in an…
Iowa Code § 459.303
Confinement feeding operations — permit requirements
1. The department shall approve or disapprove applications for permits for the construction, including the expansion, of confinement feeding operation structures, as provided by rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The department’s decision to approve or disapprove a permit for the construction of a confinement feed…
Iowa Code § 459.304
Construction permit application procedure — county participation — comments — master matrix
1. a. The department shall deliver a copy or require the applicant to deliver a copy of the application for a permit to construct, including expanding, a confinement feeding operation structure pursuant to section 459.303, including supporting documents, to the county board of supervisors in the county where the confin…
Iowa Code § 459.305
Master matrix
1. The department shall adopt rules for the development and use of a master matrix. The purpose of the master matrix is to provide a comprehensive assessment mechanism in order to produce a statistically verifiable basis for determining whether to approve or disapprove an application for the construction, including exp…
Iowa Code § 459.306
Construction design statement — formed manure storage structures
1. a. Except as provided in paragraph “b”, a person shall not construct a formed manure storage structure, unless the person submits a construction design statement for filing with the department. b. The following persons are not required to submit a construction design statement with the department: 1. A person who co…
Iowa Code § 459.307
Construction design standards — formed manure storage structures
The department shall adopt rules establishing construction design standards for formed manure storage structures that are part of confinement feeding operations other than small animal feeding operations. However, the construction design standards shall apply to a formed manure storage structure that is part of a small…
Iowa Code § 459.308
Unformed manure storage structures — construction standards — inspections
1. The department shall adopt rules requiring construction design standards for unformed manure storage structures required to be constructed pursuant to a construction permit issued pursuant to section 459.303. 2. The construction design standards for unformed manure storage structures established by the department sh…
Iowa Code § 459.310
Distance requirements
1. Except as provided in subsections 3 and 4, the following shall apply: a. A confinement feeding operation structure shall not be constructed closer than five hundred feet away from the surface intake of an agricultural drainage well. A confinement feeding operation structure shall not be constructed closer than one t…
Iowa Code § 459.311
Minimum requirements for manure control
1. A confinement feeding operation shall retain all manure produced by the operation between periods of manure disposal. For purposes of this section, dry manure may be retained by stockpiling as provided in this subchapter. A confinement feeding operation shall not discharge manure directly into water of the state or…
Iowa Code § 459.311A
Stockpiling dry manure
A person may stockpile dry manure so long as the person stockpiles the dry manure in compliance with restrictions applicable to stockpiling as provided in this subchapter and subchapter II.
Iowa Code § 459.311B
Stockpiling dry manure — minimum separation distance requirements and prohibitions
1. A person shall not stockpile dry manure within the following distances from any of the following: a. A terrace tile inlet or surface tile inlet, two hundred feet. However, this paragraph does not apply to a person who stockpiles the dry manure in a manner that does not allow precipitation-induced runoff to drain fro…
Iowa Code § 459.311C
Stockpiling dry manure on terrain other than karst terrain
A person stockpiling dry manure on terrain, other than karst terrain, for more than fifteen consecutive days shall comply with any of the following: 1. Stockpile dry manure using any of the following: a. A qualified stockpile structure. b. A qualified stockpile cover. However, the person shall not stockpile dry manure…
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