Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 567 - Environmental Protection Commission › Title IV - Wastewater Treatment and Disposal › Chapter 65 - Animal Feeding Operations › Rule 567-65.204 - Construction Permit Application

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
An open feedlot operation required to obtain a construction
				  permit in accordance with the provisions of subrule 65.203(1) shall apply for a
				  construction permit at least 90 days before the date that construction,
				  installation, or modification is scheduled to start.
(1) Conceptual design. Prior to submitting an
				application for a construction permit, the applicant may submit a conceptual
				design and site investigation report to the department for review and
				comment.
(2) Application for a
				construction permit for an open feedlot operation shall be made on a form
				provided by the department. The application shall include all of the
				information necessary to enable the department to determine the potential of
				the proposed settled open feedlot effluent basin or AT system to achieve the
				level of control required of the open feedlot operation. A construction permit
				application shall include the following:
a.
				The name of the owner of the open feedlot operation and the name of the open
				feedlot operation, including the owner's mailing address and telephone
				number.
b. The name of the contact
				person for the open feedlot operation, including the person's mailing address
				and telephone number.
c. The
				location of the open feedlot operation.
d. A statement providing that the application
				is for any of the following:
(1) The
				construction or expansion of a settled open feedlot effluent basin or AT system
				for an existing open feedlot operation that is not expanding;
(2) The construction or expansion of a
				settled open feedlot effluent basin or AT system for an existing open feedlot
				operation that is expanding;
(3)
				The construction of a settled open feedlot effluent basin or AT system for a
				proposed new open feedlot operation.
e. The animal unit capacity for each animal
				species in the open feedlot operation before and after the proposed
				construction.
f. An engineering
				report, construction plans and specifications prepared by a PE or by an
				NRCS-qualified staff person for the settled open feedlot effluent basin or AT
				system.
g. A report on the soil and
				hydrogeologic information for the site, as described in subrules 65.206(2) and
				65.207(4).
h. Information including
				but not limited to maps, drawings and aerial photos that clearly show the
				location of all the following:
(1) The open
				feedlot operation and all existing and proposed settled open feedlot effluent
				basins or AT systems, clean water diversions, and other pertinent features or
				structures.
(2) Any other open
				feedlot operation under common ownership or common management and located
				within 1,250 feet of the open feedlot operation.
(3) Any public water supply system as defined
				in Iowa Code section 455B.171 or drinking water well
				that is located less than the distance from the open feedlot operation required
				by rule 567-65.205(455B,459A). Information shall also be provided as to whether
				the proposed settled open feedlot effluent basin or AT system will meet all
				applicable separation distances.