Iowa Code 459.311C – Stockpiling dry manure on terrain other than karst terrain
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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 using a qualified stockpile cover at a long-term stockpile location unless the person stockpiles the dry manure on compacted soil, compacted granular aggregates, asphalt, concrete, or other similar materials.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 459.311C
- Department: means the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Department: means the department of natural resources created pursuant to section 455A. See Iowa Code 459.102
- Document: means any form required to be processed by the department under this chapter regulating animal feeding operations, including but not limited to applications or related materials for permits as provided in section 459. See Iowa Code 459.102
- Dry manure: means manure which meets all of the following conditions:a. See Iowa Code 459.102
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Karst terrain: means land having karst formations that exhibit surface and subterranean features of a type produced by the dissolution of limestone, dolomite, or other soluble rock and characterized by closed depressions, sinkholes, or caves. See Iowa Code 459.102
- Long-term stockpile location: means an area where a person stockpiles manure for more than six months in any two-year period. See Iowa Code 459.102
- Manure: means animal excreta or other commonly associated wastes of animals, including but not limited to bedding, litter, or feed losses. See Iowa Code 459.102
- month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" and the abbreviation "A. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Qualified stockpile cover: means a barrier impermeable to precipitation that is used to protect a stockpile from precipitation. See Iowa Code 459.102
- Qualified stockpile structure: means any of the following:a. See Iowa Code 459.102
- Stockpile: means dry manure originating from a confinement feeding operation that is stored at a particular location outside a manure storage structure. See Iowa Code 459.102
- Stockpile dry manure: means to create or add to a stockpile. See Iowa Code 459.102
2. Deliver a stockpile inspection statement to the department as follows:
a. The department must receive the statement by the fifteenth day of each month.
b. The stockpile inspection statement shall provide the location of the stockpile and document the results of an inspection conducted by the person during the previous month. The inspection must evaluate whether precipitation-induced runoff is draining away from the stockpile and, if so, describe actions taken to prevent the runoff. If an inspection by the department documents that precipitation-induced runoff is draining away from a stockpile, the person shall immediately remove dry manure from the stockpile in compliance with this chapter or comply with all directives of the department to prevent the runoff.
c. The stockpile inspection statement must be in writing and may be on a form prescribed by the department.