Iowa § 459.311 Minimum requirements for manure control

Iowa Statutes

§ 459.311 — Minimum requirements for manure control

Iowa § 459.311

Title XINATURAL RESOURCES

Ch. 459ANIMAL AGRICULTURE COMPLIANCE ACT

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Iowa Code § 459.311 (2026).

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1.A confinement feeding operation shall retain all manure produced by the operation between periods of manure disposal. For purposes of this section, dry manure may be retained by stockpiling as provided in this subchapter. A confinement feeding operation shall not discharge manure directly into water of the state or into a tile line that discharges directly into water of the state.

2.Notwithstanding subsection 1, a confinement feeding operation that is a concentrated animal feeding operation as defined in 40 C.F.R. §122.23(b) shall comply with applicable national pollutant discharge elimination system permit requirements as provided in the federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. ch. 26, as amended, and 40 C.F.R. pts. 122 and 412, pursuant to rules that shall be adopted by the com

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1. A confinement feeding operation shall retain all manure produced by the operation
between periods of manure disposal. For purposes of this section, dry manure may be
retained by stockpiling as provided in this subchapter. A confinement feeding operation
shall not discharge manure directly into water of the state or into a tile line that discharges
directly into water of the state.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a confinement feeding operation that is a concentrated
animal feeding operation as defined in 40 C.F.R. §122.23(b) shall comply with applicable
national pollutant discharge elimination system permit requirements as provided in the
federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. ch. 26, as amended, and 40 C.F.R. pts. 122 and
412, pursuant to rules that shall be adopted by the commission. Any rules adopted pursuant
to this subsection shall be no more stringent than requirements under the federal Water
Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. ch. 26, as amended, and 40 C.F.R. pts. 122 and 412.
3. Manure from an animal feeding operation shall be disposed of in a manner which will
notcausesurfacewaterorgroundwaterpollution. Disposalinaccordancewiththeprovisions
of state law, including this chapter, rules adopted pursuant to the provisions of state law,
including this chapter, guidelines adopted pursuant to this chapter, and section 459.314, shall
be deemed as compliance with this requirement.
4. The department may require that the owner of a confinement feeding operation install
and operate a water pollution monitoring system as part of an unformed manure storage
structure.
5. The owner of the confinement feeding operation which discontinues the use of the
operation shall remove all manure from related confinement feeding operation structures
used to store manure, by a date specified in an order issued to the operation by the
department, or six months following the date that the confinement feeding operation is
discontinued, whichever is earlier.