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Providing for the removal of effluent from certain structures
Sponsored by the Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee
Topics:AgricultureEnvironment & natural resourcesLivestock & confinements
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 6, 2024
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 13, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People running open feedlots or animal truck wash facilities can now remove waste from storage structures even if their nutrient management plan hasn't been approved yet. To do this, they must submit a complete plan to the Department of Natural Resources and notify them before applying the waste. The removal must also be necessary to prevent water quality violations and follow all existing rules for applying waste.1
Read the official explanation
BACKGROUND.102). An open feedlot operation (operation) is an unroofed or partially roofed area.112). The Code chapter also regulates an animal truck wash facility (facility) that engages in washing certain trucks transporting agricultural animals (cattle, swine, horses, sheep, chickens, turkeys, or fish) and collecting, storing, and applying the resulting animal effluent. In both cases, the effluent is stored in a structure.102).312. An NMP refers to the original, complete document or the next complete version of the document subject to DNR approval. It may also refer to an annual update to the complete document as required by DNR. An NMP and update must be kept on site as part of the owner’s records. An NMP estimates effluent volume or weight produced from the operation and addresses agronomic rates of application in part based on nitrogen use and a phosphorus index.208). BILL’S PROVISIONS.208). In order to remove the effluent from a structure, the person must comply with four conditions. First, the removal must be necessary to prevent a violation of a water quality standard; second, the person must submit a complete NMP to DNR prior to the removal; third, the removed effluent must be applied according to requirements in the Code chapter, including DNR rules; and fourth, DNR must be notified prior to the application.
Why it matters. Owners of open feedlot operations or animal truck wash facilities could remove effluent from storage structures before their nutrient management plan is approved if the removal is necessary to prevent a water quality violation. To do this, the owner must submit a complete plan to the Department of Natural Resources, notify the department before applying the effluent, and follow all existing rules for applying the material.2
Senate subcommittee
Named February 6, 2024 (as SSB 3152). On February 12, 2024 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
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