Iowa Code 459.311B – Stockpiling dry manure — minimum separation distance requirements and prohibitions
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1. A person shall not stockpile dry manure within the following distances from any of the following:
a. A terrace tile inlet or surface tile inlet, two hundred feet. However, this paragraph does not apply to a person who stockpiles the dry manure in a manner that does not allow precipitation-induced runoff to drain from the stockpile to the terrace tile inlet or surface tile inlet. A terrace tile inlet or surface tile inlet does not include a tile inlet that is not directly connected to a tile line that discharges directly into a water of the state.
b. (1) A designated area, four hundred feet. However, an increased separation distance of eight hundred feet shall apply to all of the following:
(a) A high-quality water resource.
(b) An agricultural drainage well.
(c) A known sinkhole.
(2) Subparagraph (1) does not apply to a person who stockpiles dry manure in a manner that does not allow precipitation-induced runoff to drain from the stockpile to the designated area.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 459.311B
- 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 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
- High-quality water resource: means that part of a water source or wetland that the department has designated as any of the following:
a. 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
- Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
- 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
- Water of the state: means the same as defined in section 455B. See Iowa Code 459.102
2. A person shall not stockpile dry manure in a grassed waterway.3. A person shall not stockpile dry manure on land having a slope of more than three percent. However, this subsection shall not apply to a person who stockpiles dry manure using methods, structures, or practices that contain the stockpile, including but not limited to silt fences, temporary earthen berms, or other effective measures, and that prevent or diminish precipitation-induced runoff from the stockpile.