Iowa Code 459A.402 – Open feedlot effluent control — alternative control practices
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 459A.402
- 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
- Open feedlot effluent: means a combination of manure, precipitation-induced runoff, or other runoff from an open feedlot before its settleable solids have been removed. 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
- Use: means to operate, navigate, or employ a vessel. See Iowa Code 462A.2
If because of topography or other factors related to the site of an open feedlot operation it is economically or physically impractical to comply with open feedlot effluent control requirements using an open feedlot control method in section 459A.401, the department shall allow the use of other open feedlot effluent control practices if those practices will provide an equivalent level of open feedlot effluent control that would be achieved by using an open feedlot effluent control method pursuant to section 459A.401.