Iowa Code 459A.105 – Exceptions to regulation
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1. a. Except as provided in paragraph “b”, the requirements of this chapter which regulate open feedlot operations, including rules adopted by the commission pursuant to section 459A.104, shall not apply to research activities and experiments performed under the authority and regulations of a research college, if the research activities and experiments relate to an open feedlot operation structure or the disposal or treatment of effluent originating from an open feedlot operation.
b. The requirements of section 459A.410, including rules adopted by the commission under that section, apply to research activities and experiments performed under the authority and regulations of a research college.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 459A.105
- Animal: means the same as defined in section 459. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Animal truck wash facility: means an operation engaged in washing single-unit trucks, truck-tractors, semitrailers, or trailers used to transport animals. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Commission: means the environmental protection commission created pursuant to section 455A. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Effluent: means open feedlot effluent or animal truck wash effluent. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Open feedlot: means a lot, yard, corral, building, or other area used to house animals in conjunction with an open feedlot operation. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- operation: means an unroofed or partially roofed animal feeding operation if crop, vegetation, or forage growth or residue cover is not maintained as part of the animal feeding operation during the period that animals are confined in the animal feeding operation. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Research college: means an accredited public or private college or university, including but not limited to a university under the control of the state board of regents as provided in chapter 262, or a community college under the jurisdiction of a board of directors for a merged area as provided in chapter 260C, if the college or university performs research or experimental activities regarding animal agriculture or agronomy. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Small animal truck wash facility: means an animal truck wash facility, if all of the following apply: a. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Structure: means any of the following:
a. See Iowa Code 459A.1022. a. Except as provided in paragraph “b”, the requirements of this chapter, including rules adopted by the commission pursuant to section 459A.104, shall not apply to a small animal truck wash facility.b. (1) The requirements of section 459A.205, including rules adopted by the commission pursuant to that section, shall apply to a small animal truck wash facility only to the extent required by section 459A.205, subsection 5.(2) The requirements of section 459A.404, including rules adopted by the commission pursuant to that section, shall apply to a small animal truck wash facility. However, section 459A.404, subsection 1, shall only apply to a small animal truck wash facility as provided in that subsection.(3) The requirements of section 459A.410, including rules adopted by the commission under that section, shall apply to a small animal truck wash facility. - Structure: means any of the following: