A person constructing a dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure on karst terrain or in an alluvial aquifer area shall comply with all of the following:
 1. The person must construct the dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure at a location where there is a vertical separation distance of at least five feet between the bottom of the floor of the dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure and the underlying limestone, dolomite, or other soluble rock in karst terrain or the underlying sand and gravel aquifer in an alluvial aquifer area.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 459B.201

  • Alluvial aquifer area: means an area underlaid by sand or gravel aquifers situated beneath floodplains along stream valleys and includes alluvial deposits associated with stream terraces and benches, contiguous wind-blown sand deposits, and glacial outwash deposits. See Iowa Code 459B.102
  • Confinement feeding operation: means the same as defined in section 459. See Iowa Code 459B.102
  • Dry bedded confinement feeding operation: means a confinement feeding operation in which animals are confined to areas which are totally roofed and in which all manure is stored as dry bedded manure. See Iowa Code 459B.102
  • Dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure: means a dry bedded manure confinement feeding operation building or a dry bedded manure storage structure. See Iowa Code 459B.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
  • Karst terrain: means the same as defined in section 459. See Iowa Code 459B.102
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
 2. The person must construct the dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure with a floor consisting of reinforced concrete at least five inches thick.
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