Iowa Code 459A.410 – Effluent application requirements
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1. Open feedlot effluent or animal truck wash effluent shall be applied in a manner which does not cause surface water or groundwater pollution. Application in accordance with the provisions of state law, including this chapter, rules adopted pursuant to the provisions of state law, including this chapter, and guidelines adopted pursuant to this chapter, shall be deemed as compliance with this section.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 459A.410
- Animal: means the same as defined in section 459. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Animal feeding operation: means the same as defined in section 459. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Animal truck wash effluent: means a combination of manure, washwater-induced runoff, or other runoff derived from an animal truck wash facility, which may include solids. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Animal truck wash effluent structure: means an impoundment which is part of an animal truck wash facility, if the primary function of the impoundment is to collect and store animal truck wash effluent. 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
- Confinement feeding operation: means the same as defined in section 459. See Iowa Code 459A.102
- Effluent: means open feedlot effluent or animal truck wash effluent. 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
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
2. A separation distance in section 459.314 that applies to the land application of liquid manure from a confinement feeding operation shall also apply to animal truck wash effluent from an animal truck wash effluent structure in accordance with rules adopted by the commission.
3. A person shall not apply animal truck wash effluent on land located within seven hundred fifty feet from a residence not owned by the titleholder of the land in accordance with rules adopted by the commission. This separation distance does not apply to the following:
a. The animal truck wash effluent is injected into the soil or incorporated within the soil not later than twenty-four hours from the original application, as provided by rules adopted by the commission.
b. The titleholder of the land benefiting from the separation distance requirement executes a written waiver with the titleholder of the land where the animal truck wash effluent is applied.
c. The animal truck wash effluent is from a small animal truck wash facility or an animal truck wash facility that is part of a small animal feeding operation.