Iowa Code § 172D.3 — IA Code / Title V / Chapter 172D / Section 172D.3
Compliance with rules of the department.
Status: in_force

(1) A person who operates a feedlot shall comply with applicable rules of the department. The applicability of a rule of the department shall be as provided in subsection 2. A person complies with this section as a matter of law where no rule of the department exists.

(2) (a) Exclusion for federally mandated requirements. This section shall apply to the department’s rules except for rules required for delegation of the national pollutant discharge elimination system permit program pursuant to the federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. ch. 26, as amended, and 40 C.F.R. pt. 124.

(2) (b) Applicability of rules of the department other than those relating to air quality under chapter 455B, subchapter II, and chapter 459, subchapter II.

(2) (b) A rule of the department in effect on November 1, 1976, shall apply to a feedlot with an established date of operation prior to November 1, 1976.

(2) (b) A rule of the department shall apply to a feedlot with an established date of operation subsequent to the effective date of the rule.

(2) (b) A rule of the department adopted after November 1, 1976, does not apply to a feedlot holding a wastewater permit from the department and having an established date of operation prior to the effective date of the rule until either the expiration of the term of the permit in effect on the effective date of the rule, or ten years from the established date of operation of the feedlot, whichever time period is greater.

(2) (b) A rule of the department adopted after November 1, 1976, does not apply to a feedlot not previously required to hold a wastewater permit from the department and having an established date of operation prior to the effective date of the rule for either a period of ten years from the established date of operation of the feedlot or five years from the effective date of the rule, whichever time period is greater.

(2) (b) To achieve compliance with applicable rules the department shall issue an appropriate compliance schedule.

(2) (c) Applicability of rules of the department relating to air quality under chapter 455B, subchapter II, and chapter 459, subchapter II.

(2) (c) A rule of the department under chapter 455B, subchapter II, in effect on November 1, 1976, shall apply to a feedlot with an established date of operation prior to November 1, 1976.

(2) (c) A rule of the department under chapter 455B, subchapter II, or chapter 459, subchapter II, shall apply to a feedlot with an established date of operation subsequent to the effective date of the rule.

(2) (c) A rule of the department under chapter 455B, subchapter II, or chapter 459, subchapter II, pertaining to feedlot management standards adopted after November 1, 1976, shall not apply to any feedlot having an established date of operation prior to the effective date of the rule until one year after the effective date of the rule.

(2) (c) A rule of the department under chapter 455B, subchapter II, or chapter 459, subchapter II, pertaining to feedlot design standards adopted after November 1, 1976, shall not apply to any feedlot having an established date of operation prior to the effective date of the rule for either a period of ten years from the established date of operation of the feedlot or two years from the effective date of the rule, whichever time period is greater. However, any design standard rule pertaining to the siting of any feedlot shall apply only to a feedlot with an established date of operation subsequent to the effective date of the rule.

(2) (c) To achieve compliance with applicable rules the department shall issue an appropriate compliance schedule.

[C77, 79, 81, §172D.3]84 Acts, ch 1219, §8; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §42; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §39; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150