Iowa Code 459A.403 – Solids stockpiling
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A person may stockpile solids, subject to all of the following:
1. a. The person shall not stockpile the solids within the following distances:
(1) Four hundred feet from a designated area other than a high-quality water resource.
(2) Eight hundred feet from a high-quality water resource.
b. The person shall not stockpile solids within two hundred feet from a terrace tile inlet or surface tile inlet unless the solids are maintained in a manner that will not allow precipitation-induced runoff to drain from the solids to the terrace tile inlet or surface tile inlet.
c. The person shall not stockpile solids in a grassed waterway or where water pools on the soil surface.
d. The person shall not stockpile solids on land having a slope of more than three percent unless methods, structures, or practices are implemented to contain the stockpiled solids, including but not limited to using hay bales, silt fences, temporary earthen berms, or other effective measures, and to prevent or diminish precipitation-induced runoff from the stockpiled solids.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 459A.403
- Designated area: means a known sinkhole, a cistern, an abandoned well, an unplugged agricultural drainage well, an agricultural drainage well surface inlet, a drinking water well, a designated wetland, or a water source. See Iowa Code 459A.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
- Grassed waterway: means a natural or constructed channel that is shaped or graded and established with suitable vegetation for the stable conveyance of surface water runoff. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- High-quality water resource: means the same as defined in section 459. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- Solids: includes settleable solids and scraped solids. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Stockpile: means to store solids from any of the following: a. See Iowa Code 459A.1022. The person must remove the stockpiled solids and apply them in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, including but not limited to section 459A.410, within six months after the solids are stockpiled.