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HOUSE BILL NO. 306 – Animal feeding operation, regulatn

HOUSE BILL NO. 306

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H0306...............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS - Amends and adds to existing law to provide that
certain concentrated animal feeding operations may be regulated by zoning
ordinances and special or conditional use permits; to provide for siting
within agricultural zones; to provide minimum siting requirements; to
provide that ordinances regulating concentrated animal feeding operations
may include certain acts and considerations; to require examination of
certain plans; to authorize on-site inspections; to provide that local
governing boards shall consider water quality issues and information
regarding water availability when considering comprehensive plans; to
define "concentrated animal feeding operation"; to address common
ownership; and to provide a formula for determining animal units.

02/25    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/26    Rpt prt - to Agric Aff

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H0306


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 306

                            BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; AMENDING SECTION 67-6529,  IDAHO  CODE,
 3        TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS MAY BE REG-
 4        ULATED  BY  ZONING  ORDINANCES  AND SPECIAL OR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, TO
 5        PROVIDE THAT ORDINANCES MAY  REGULATE  ONLY  CERTAIN  CONCENTRATED  ANIMAL
 6        FEEDING OPERATIONS, TO REQUIRE SPECIAL OR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, TO PRO-
 7        VIDE  FOR  SITING  WITHIN  AGRICULTURAL  ZONES,  TO PROVIDE MINIMUM SITING
 8        REQUIREMENTS, TO PROVIDE THAT ORDINANCES  REGULATING  CONCENTRATED  ANIMAL
 9        FEEDING OPERATIONS MAY INCLUDE CERTAIN ACTS AND CONSIDERATIONS, TO PROVIDE
10        CERTAIN  NONEXCLUSIVE  ACTS  AND CONSIDERATIONS, TO REQUIRE EXAMINATION OF
11        CERTAIN PLANS AND  TO  AUTHORIZE  ON-SITE  INSPECTIONS;  AMENDING  SECTION
12        67-6537, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT LOCAL GOVERNING BOARDS SHALL CONSIDER
13        WATER  QUALITY  ISSUES  AND  INFORMATION REGARDING WATER AVAILABILITY WHEN
14        CONSIDERING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS; AMENDING CHAPTER 1, TITLE 22, IDAHO CODE,
15        BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 22-111, IDAHO  CODE,  TO  DEFINE  CONCEN-
16        TRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION, TO ADDRESS COMMON OWNERSHIP, TO PROVIDE A
17        FORMULA FOR DETERMINING ANIMAL UNITS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

18    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

19        SECTION  1.  That  Section 67-6529, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
20    amended to read as follows:

21        67-6529.  APPLICABILITY TO AGRICULTURAL LAND  -- CONCENTRATED  ANIMAL
22    FEEDING  OPERATIONS  .  (1)  No power granted hereby shall be
23    construed to empower a board of county commissioners to enact any ordinance or
24    resolution which deprives any owner of full and complete use  of  agricultural
25    land  for  production  of any agricultural product. Agricultural land shall be
26    defined by local ordinance or resolution.
27         (2)  Notwithstanding the restrictions of subsection (1) of this sec-
28    tion, a governing board may enact ordinances  regulating  concentrated  animal
29    feeding  operations  as  they  are defined in section 22-111, Idaho Code. Such
30    ordinances may regulate only new concentrated animal feeding operations begin-
31    ning operation after April 1, 1999, existing concentrated animal feeding oper-
32    ations that expand after April 1, 1999, and existing animal feeding operations
33    that expand to one thousand (1,000) or more animal units after April 1,  1999,
34    and  thereby  come within the definition of concentrated animal feeding opera-
35    tion. As used in this subsection, "expand" means an increase of more than  ten
36    percent  (10%)  in  the maximum number of animal units stabled or confined and
37    fed or maintained at the operation annually, or construction of new facilities
38    associated with an existing operation in order to stable or confine  and  feed
39    or  maintain  more  animal units over the ten percent (10%) limit annually. In
40    order to expand, a concentrated animal feeding  operation  or  animal  feeding
41    operation  that  becomes  a  concentrated  animal feeding operation due to the
42    expansion must report its current size and proposed expanded size,  in  number
43    of animal units, to the governing board in a verified statement. 


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 1          (a)  A  governing  board  that enacts ordinances regulating concen-
 2        trated animal feeding operations shall require that  such  feeding  opera-
 3        tions  have  a  special  or conditional use permit before construction and
 4        operation may begin. A governing board shall provide for timely  consider-
 5        ation of applications for such permits.
 6        (b)  Concentrated  animal  feeding  operations  regulated by ordinance and
 7        special or conditional use permits  shall  be  sited  within  agricultural
 8        zones for the protection of the public health, safety and welfare. Govern-
 9        ing  boards  regulating concentrated animal feeding operations shall, at a
10        minimum, impose the same siting requirements imposed by state and  federal
11        law.  Subject to the provisions of this subsection, ordinances and special
12        or conditional use permits regulating concentrated animal  feeding  opera-
13        tions  may, among other considerations deemed appropriate by the governing
14        board:
15     
16               (i)   Establish  reasonable  setback  locations   for   barns,
17             corrals,  feed  storage, and waste containment facilities from public
18             rights-of-way, existing residences, constructed residential  subdivi-
19             sion developments and domestic wells;
20     
21               (ii)  Establish distances for setbacks based upon  animal unit
22             amounts calculated according to section 22-111, Idaho Code;
23     
24              (iii) Establish the location  of  concentrated  animal  feeding
25             operations  based upon water availability for the concentrated animal
26             feeding operation and other future uses at the proposed location;
27     
28              (iv)  Locate a concentrated animal feeding operation  where  it
29             will  not  result  in  a  substantial adverse impact upon surrounding
30             property values or public health and safety;
31     
32              (v)   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, establish the
33             location of a concentrated animal feeding operation  based  upon  the
34             plans and purposes of city areas of impact;
35     
36              (vi)  Provide for consideration of odor management and traffic;
37     
38               (vii) Provide  for consideration of  past performance in Idaho
39             and other states.
40     
41         (c)  Before approving a special or conditional use permit for a con-
42        centrated animal feeding operation, the governing board shall, at a  mini-
43        mum, require that the concentrated animal feeding operation meet all state
44        licensing requirements, including the following:
45     
46               (i)   Siting  designs  approved  by  an  engineer of the Idaho
47             department of agriculture and who is licensed as an engineer  in  the
48             state of Idaho;
49     
50               (ii)  Animal  waste  storage  and  containment  facility plans
51             approved by the department of agriculture;
52     
53              (iii) Water permits, licenses, or transfers  of   water  rights
54             issued or approved by the Idaho department of water resources;
55     


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 1               (iv)  Nutrient  management plans and standards approved by the
 2             appropriate state agency.
 3     
 4         (d)  A governing board is authorized to enforce ordinances and  spe-
 5        cial  or  conditional  use  permits regulating concentrated animal feeding
 6        operations by providing in such ordinances or permits for on-site  inspec-
 7        tion  of  such  operations  as provided in this section. Inspections shall
 8        take place only upon reasonable notice, which shall be provided in writing
 9        at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the  entry  and  inspection.
10        Inspections  may be performed in conjunction with inspections conducted by
11        the Idaho department of agriculture. 

12        SECTION 2.  That Section 67-6537, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
13    amended to read as follows:

14        67-6537.  APPLICATION  TO GROUND WATER. When considering amending, repeal-
15    ing or adopting a comprehensive plan, the local governing board shall consider
16     the effect the proposed amendment, repeal or adoption of the  comprehen-
17    sive  plan  would  have  on  the  quality of ground  water  quality
18    issues and information regarding water availability  in the area.

19        SECTION 3.  That Chapter 1, Title 22, Idaho Code,  be,  and  the  same  is
20    hereby  amended  by  the addition thereto of a  NEW SECTION , to be
21    known and designated as Section 22-111, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:

22        22-111.  CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION -- DEFINED -- ANIMAL  UNITS
23    CALCULATION. (1) "Concentrated animal feeding operation" means a lot or facil-
24    ity where the following conditions are met:
25        (a)  Animals  have  been,  are,  or will be stabled or confined and fed or
26        maintained for a total of ninety (90) consecutive  days  or  more  in  any
27        twelve-month period;
28        (b)  Crops,  vegetation,  forage  growth  or post-harvest residues are not
29        sustained in the normal growing season over any  portion  of  the  lot  or
30        facility; and
31        (c)  The  lot  or facility is designed to confine or actually does confine
32        an equivalent of one thousand (1,000) animal units.
33        (2)  Two (2) or more concentrated animal feeding operations  under  common
34    ownership  are considered, for the purposes of this definition, to be a single
35    animal feeding operation if they adjoin each other or if  they  use  a  common
36    area or system for the disposal of wastes.
37        (3)  "Animal  unit"  means  a  unit  of measurement for any animal feeding
38    operation calculated by adding the following numbers: The number of  slaughter
39    and feeder cattle multiplied by one (1), plus the number of young slaughter or
40    feeder  cattle  less  than  twelve (12) months of age multiplied by six-tenths
41    (0.6), plus the number of mature dairy cattle  multiplied  by  one  and  four-
42    tenths  (1.4),  plus the number of young dairy cattle multiplied by six-tenths
43    (0.6), plus the number of swine  weighing  over  twenty-five  (25)  kilograms,
44    approximately  fifty-five  (55)  pounds, multiplied by four-tenths (0.4), plus
45    the number of weaned swine weighing under twenty-five  (25)  kilograms  multi-
46    plied  by  one-tenth  (0.1),  plus the number of sheep multiplied by one-tenth
47    (0.1), plus the number of horses multiplied by two (2),  plus  the  number  of
48    chickens multiplied by one one-hundredth (0.01).

49        SECTION  4.  An  emergency  existing  therefor,  which emergency is hereby
50    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its


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 1    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                            STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                  RS09133C1

                                                                      This legislation gives local units of government an optional,
standardized procedure for zoning for new or expanding
concentrated animal feeding operations. Many counties have
complained that state law does not give them adequate tools to
properly locate such operations or to address public concerns
when such an operation wants to locate in an area. This
legislation provides those tools.                                         

This legislation affects only new concentrated animal feeding operations
that begin operating after April 1, 1999, or which expand after that
date. Only facilities that confine over one-thousand (1,000) animal
units for over ninety (90) days are considered concentrated animal
feeding operations. Smaller, existing animal feeding operations are not
affected by this legislation unless they expand to over one-thousand
(1,000) animal units after April 1, 1999, and thereby meet the
definition of a concentrated animal feeding operation.

                                                                       The tools offered by this legislation are optional. The legislation
provides that a zoning authority may adopt ordinances addressing
concentrated animal feeding operations. If such ordinances are adopted,
then the existing legal process for special or conditional use permits
must be used. This approach will standardize the process when ordinances
are adopted addressing concentrated animal feeding operations, providing
greater certainty to local units of government,operators of concentrated
animal feeding facilities, and the public. The legislation also provides
issues to be considered if a local unit of government chooses to adopt
ordinances addressing concentrated animal feeding operations.

The legislation also defines "concentrated animal feeding operations."
This definition has been adopted by the majority of states that have
passed statutes addressing concentrated animal feeding operations, and
the federal government.

This legislation will enhance local control, provide certainty to local
units of government and large concentrated animal feeding operations
regarding the zoning procedures and processes that will be applied, will
improve public participation in the zoning process, and will reduce
litigation costs.
                                                                   
                                                                                        FISCAL NOTE
                     This legislation does not require any expenditure from the
General Fund. It does not mandate any expenditure by local units of
government.









CONTACT: Representative Doug Jones
         Representative Wendy Jaquet
         Phone (208) 332-1000       Fax: (208) 334-5397
         WATS Line: 1-800 626-0471
         E-mail: infocntr@lso.state.id.us

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE    Bill No.              H 306