CONFINEMENT CONCRETE STANDARDS AND AIR QUALITY ON JULY 21 EPC AGENDA

Commissioners will be asked to decide on a rule proposal to update concrete
standards for confinement feeding operations at the July 21 meeting of the
Environmental Protection Commission.

"The new concrete standards were developed in response to the livestock
legislation passed last year," said Reza Khosravi, acting supervisor of the
DNR's animal feeding operations.

The new standards call for rebar and other reinforcements, and a level
subgrade and drainage tile underneath concrete manure storage pits.
Khosravi said that these structures can be under considerable pressure from
ground water or soil, or from the liquids being held inside the pit.

Two petitions regarding air quality around confinements are also on the
agenda as information items.

The EPC meeting will be held at 10 a.m., at the DNR office, 7900 Hickman
Road in Urbandale.  Public participation is scheduled for 10:30 a.m.  The
meeting is open to the public.

The complete agenda is as follows:

 Approval of Agenda
 Approval of Minutes
 Director's Remarks
 Contract - City of Des Moines - Iowa UST fields Project
 Contract - University of Northern Iowa - Organophosphorus Insecticide
Contamination in Streams:  Insects as Bioindicators
 Contract -  Amend contract 00-93HA-06 with Iowa State University
 Notice of Intended Action--Amend IAC Chapter 567-117 "Waste Tire
Management"
 Proposed Rules - Drinking Water, Operator Certification and Laboratory
Certification Programs - Chapters 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 81, and 83
 Proposed Rule: Chapter 61, Water Quality Standards
 Final Rule- Chapter 22, Controlling Pollution (Air Construction Permitting
Exemptions)
 Petition for Rulemaking by Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
 Extension on Petition for Rulemaking from Agribusiness Association of Iowa,
et al.
 Notice of Intended Action  - Amend IAC Chapter 65 Animal Feeding Operations
 Referrals to the Attorney General
a) Dana Schlag, Plantation Village Mobile Home Park (Burlington) - drinking
water/penalty
b) Mike Messerschmidt (Martinsburg) - air quality/penalty
c) Carl Simon (Dubuque County) - animal feeding operation/penalty
d) Lawrence Handlos  (Audubon County) - animal feeding operation
 Proposed Contested Case Decision - Piper Motor Company, Inc. and Bruce
Piper
 Proposed Contested Case Decision - Iowa Select Farms, L.P
 Monthly Reports
 General Discussion

The members of the commission are Kathryn Murphy, Chair, LeMars; Terrance
Townsend, Newton; Lisa Davis-Cook, West Des Moines; Darrell Hanson,
Manchester; Lori Glanzman, Mt. Pleasant; Jerry Peckum, Jefferson; Heidi
Vittetoe, Washington; Francis Thicke, Fairfield; and Donna Buell, Spirit
Lake. The director of the DNR is Jeff Vonk.

For more information, contact Karen Grimes, at (515) 281-5135.

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