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Relating to confinement feeding operations, by providing notice requirements for the removal and application of manure from confinement feeding operations, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. This bill provides that the titleholder of land where a benefited object or location is situated and the department of natural resources (DNR) must be notified at least hours before liquid manure is to be removed from a manure storage structure associated with a confinement feeding operation (operation) or when liquid manure originating from the operation is to be applied to land., a lessor) be notified. The notice requirement is triggered when the benefited object or location is at least 2,500 feet away from the structure or application site.
Read the full explanation
314A). The bill provides exceptions if less than 100 gallons of liquid manure are removed or applied during any one day, or if there is an emergency. The bill also provides that a manure management plan (MMP) must include a statement that the filer is in compliance with the notice requirements. BACKGROUND.102).312).311).102). An MMP refers to both an original document and a document which updates the original plan.312). APPLICABLE CIVIL PENALTIES.602 provides for civil penalties that may be assessed for violations of air quality requirements under Code chapter 459, subchapter II.109, which provides for the administrative assessment of civil penalties of up to $10,000.603 provides for civil penalties that may be assessed for violations of water quality requirements under Code chapter 459, subchapter III.191, which provides for a general civil penalty assessed judicially of up to $5,000. EFFECTIVE DATE. The bill takes effect upon enactment.