Amendment H-8041 to HF 2642
Relating to the use of water, including beneficial use in the context of water allocation and the disposal of wastewater from distillery operations
Ruled out of order · March 12, 2026
Filed February 24, 2026 in the House by
What it changes
- Page 1, by striking lines 9 through 14 and inserting: “
- The department shall adopt by rule pursuant to chapter 17A standards for the disposal of wastewater from an on-site native distillery operation. These standards shall provide for but are not limited to disposal by all of the following: a. By land application if all of the following apply: (1) The volume of wastewater produced by the on-site native distillery operation is less than one thousand five hundred gallons per day. (2) The application rate does not exceed thirty thousand gallons per acre per year. (3) The application rate does not exceed one thousand five hundred gallons per acre per day. (4) The standards for land application are consistent with the rules for land application of septage adopted to implement section 455B.172. b. At a publicly owned treatment works or other wastewater treatment system with the permission of the owner of the treatment works. c. Through a subsurface absorption system in conformance with applicable regulations of the United States environmental protection agency. d. Through a disposal system that meets all of the following requirements: (1) The disposal system is located on the same site as the on-site native distillery operation. (2) The disposal system is constructed in conformance with a permit issued by the department. (3) For a disposal system that discharges wastewater into a water of the United States, the system is operated in conformance with a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit issued by the department under section 455B.197.”
- Title page, line 3, by striking “liquid waste” and inserting “wastewater”