Public Hearings Set for DNR Engineering Standards for Open Feedlots

The DNR has proposed rules that would amend Iowa rules for animal feeding
operations.
The purpose of the amendments is to create a separate division within the
current rules
for regulations pertaining specifically to open feedlots.

The proposed rules would also establish minimum design standards for manure
and
effluent control structures for open feedlots which the DNR was directed to
do by state
law.

Please review the rules at http://www.iowadnr.com/afo/files/proposed.pdf and
send comments to Gene Tinker by January 7.

Five public hearings will be held on the proposed rule for engineering
standards. The
dates, locations and times are:
• Jan. 4, at 8:30 a.m. in the Red Oak Fire Station, 1904 N. Broadway St., in
Red
Oak.
• Jan. 4, at 6:30 p.m., in Room 142-146 of the main building at the Des
Moines
Area Community College – Carroll Campus, 906 N. Grant Road, in Carroll.
• Jan. 5, at 8:30 a.m. in the Spencer Events Center, 800 West 18th St.,
Spencer, IA
• Jan. 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lime Creek Nature Center, 3501 Lime Creek Road
in
Mason City.
• Jan. 7, at 8:30 a.m. in the Iowa Rooms A and B on the 3rd floor of the
Iowa Hall,
Kirkwood Community College, 6301 Kirkwood Boulevard S.W., in Cedar
Rapids.

Comments may be submitted orally or in writing during the public hearings.
All other
comments must be received no later than Jan. 7, 2005. Any person who intends
to attend
a public hearing and has special requirements, such as those related to
hearing or
mobility, should contact Gene Tinker.

Written comments on the proposed rules should be directed to Gene Tinker at
the Iowa
Department of Natural Resources, 502 East Ninth St., Des Moines, Ia 50319,
Fax (515)
281-8895, or by e-mail to [log in to unmask]

Neila Seaman, MPA
Director
Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter
3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280
Des Moines, IA  50310
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515-277-8868

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