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 into a tile line that discharges directly into water of the state.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a confinement feeding operation that is a concentrated animal feeding operation as defined in
40 C.F.R. §122.23(b)
shall comply with applicable national pollutant discharge elimination system permit requirements as provided in the federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. ch. 26, as amended, and
40 C.F.R. pts. 122 and 412
, pursuant to rules that shall be adopted by the commission. Any rules adopted pursuant to this subsection shall be no more stringent than requirements under the federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. ch. 26, as amended, and
40 C.F.R. pts. 122 and 412
.
3. Manure from an animal feeding operation shall be disposed of in a manner which will not cause surface water or groundwater pollution. Disposal in accordance with the provisions of state law, including this chapter, rules adopted pursuant to the provisions of state law, including this chapter, guidelines adopted pursuant to this chapter, and section 459.314, shall be deemed as compliance with this requirement.
4. The department may require that the owner of a confinement feeding operation install and operate a water pollution monitoring system as part of an unformed manure storage structure.
5. The owner of the confinement feeding operation which discontinues the use of the operation shall remove all manure from related confinement feeding operation structures used to store manure, by a date specified in an order issued to the operation by the department, or six months following the date that the confinement feeding operation is discontinued, whichever is earlier.
95 Acts, ch 195, §24
CS95, §455B.201
98 Acts, ch 1209, §28; 99 Acts, ch 114, §57; 2002 Acts, ch 1137, §37, 68, 71
; 2002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §259, 260, 262
C2003, §459.311
2009 Acts, ch 38, §8, 16; 2010 Acts, ch 1029, §2
Referred to in §459.311E, 459.313A, 459.318, 459.319, 459B.307
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 459 - ANIMAL AGRICULTURE COMPLIANCE ACT
Section 459.102 - Definitions.
Section 459.103 - General authority — commission and department.
Section 459.201 - Special terms.
Section 459.202 - Confinement feeding operations structures — separation distances.
Section 459.204 - Liquid manure application — separation distance.
Section 459.204A - Stockpiling dry manure.
Section 459.204B - Stockpiling dry manure — minimum separation distance requirements.
Section 459.205 - Separation distance requirements — exemptions.
Section 459.206 - Qualified confinement feeding operations — manure storage structures.
Section 459.207 - Animal feeding operations — airborne pollutants control.
Section 459.301 - Special terms.
Section 459.302 - Document processing requirements.
Section 459.303 - Confinement feeding operations — permit requirements.
Section 459.305 - Master matrix.
Section 459.306 - Construction design statement — formed manure storage structures.
Section 459.307 - Construction design standards — formed manure storage structures.
Section 459.308 - Unformed manure storage structures — construction standards — inspections.
Section 459.309 - Settled open feedlot effluent basins — construction design standards.
Section 459.310 - Distance requirements.
Section 459.311 - Minimum requirements for manure control.
Section 459.311A - Stockpiling dry manure.
Section 459.311C - Stockpiling dry manure on terrain other than karst terrain.
Section 459.311D - Stockpiling dry manure on karst terrain.
Section 459.311E - Stockpiling — required practices.
Section 459.312 - Manure management plan — requirements.
Section 459.312A - Election to be a small animal feeding operation.
Section 459.313 - Manure application — rules.
Section 459.313A - Application of manure on land — snow covered ground and frozen ground.
Section 459.314 - Application of manure near designated areas.
Section 459.314A - Licensure — commercial manure service.
Section 459.314B - Disciplinary action — commercial manure service.
Section 459.315 - Certification and education requirements.
Section 459.315A - Disciplinary action — commercial manure service representatives.
Section 459.317 - Habitual violators — pending actions — restrictions on construction.
Section 459.318 - Exception from regulation — research colleges.
Section 459.319 - Exception from regulation — stockpiling.
Section 459.400 - Compliance fees.
Section 459.401 - Animal agriculture compliance fund.
Section 459.402 - Animal agriculture compliance fees — delinquencies.
Section 459.403 - County assessment of fees prohibited.
Section 459.501 - Livestock remediation fund.
Section 459.502 - Indemnity fees required — construction permits.
Section 459.503 - Indemnity fee required — manure management plan.
Section 459.503A - Indemnity fee — waiver and reinstatement.
Section 459.504 - Use of fund for emergency cleanup.
Section 459.505 - Use of moneys by counties for cleanup.
Section 459.507 - No state obligation.
Section 459.508 - Departmental rules.
Section 459.601 - Animal feeding operations — investigations and enforcement actions.
Section 459.602 - Air quality violations — civil penalty.
Section 459.603 - Water quality violations — civil penalty.
Section 459.604 - Habitual violators — classification — penalties.