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H0211aa.............................................by AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS
CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS - Adds to existing law relating to local
land use planning to provide for legislative findings; to provide for odor
management plans for confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs); to provide
for county requests for suitability determinations and to provide for local
regulation; to provide a process and content for a county request; to
provide responsibilities for the Department of Agriculture, Department of
Environmental Quality and the Department of Water Resources; to authorize
rulemaking and agreements with other agencies; to provide for the report of
the siting advisory team; and to provide for county action.
02/13 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/14 Rpt prt - to Env Aff
02/16 Rpt out - to Agric Aff
03/08 Rpt out - to Gen Ord
03/12 Rpt out amen - to engros
03/13 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/14 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
Rls susp - PASSED as amen - 58-11-1
AYES -- Barraclough, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bolz, Bruneel,
Callister, Chase, Clark, Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Ellis,
Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley,
Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg,
Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford, Marley, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen,
Moss, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison,
Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stone, Swan(Block),
Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Barrett, Bradford, Campbell, Denney, Loertscher, Mader,
McKague, Moyle, Pearce, Sali, Wood
Absent and excused -- Schaefer
Floor Sponsor -- Jones
Title apvd - to Senate
03/15 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Agric Aff
03/20 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/21 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/23 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 33-0-2
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw,
Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Goedde, Hawkins,
Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, Lodge, Noh, Richardson,
Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne,
Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams,
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Danielson, Geddes
Floor Sponsors -- Sandy, Noh, Stennett
Title apvd - to House
03/26 To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/28 Pres signed
03/29 To Governor
04/11 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 381
Effective: 07/01/01
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 211
BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING; AMENDING CHAPTER 65, TITLE 67, IDAHO
3 CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 67-6529A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A
4 SHORT TITLE; AMENDING CHAPTER 65, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF
5 A NEW SECTION 67-6529B, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS
6 AND PURPOSE; AMENDING CHAPTER 65, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF
7 A NEW SECTION 67-6529C, IDAHO CODE, TO DEFINE TERMS; AMENDING CHAPTER 65,
8 TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 67-6529D, IDAHO
9 CODE, TO REQUIRE ODOR MANAGEMENT PLANS, TO PROVIDE FOR COUNTY REQUESTS FOR
10 SUITABILITY DETERMINATIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOR LOCAL REGULATION; AMENDING
11 CHAPTER 65, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION
12 67-6529E, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR A COUNTY REQUEST, TO PRO-
13 VIDE FOR CONTENT OF THE REQUEST AND CERTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION; AMEND-
14 ING CHAPTER 65, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION
15 67-6529F, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE DEPART-
16 MENT OF AGRICULTURE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THE
17 DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, TO AUTHORIZE RULEMAKING AND TO PROVIDE FOR
18 AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER AGENCIES; AND AMENDING CHAPTER 65, TITLE 67, IDAHO
19 CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 67-6529G, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE
20 FOR THE REPORT OF THE SITING ADVISORY TEAM AND TO PROVIDE FOR COUNTY
21 ACTION.
22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
23 SECTION 1. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
24 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
25 ignated as Section 67-6529A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
26 67-6529A. SHORT TITLE. This act shall be referred to as the "Site Advi-
27 sory Team Suitability Determination Act."
28 SECTION 2. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
29 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
30 ignated as Section 67-6529B, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
31 67-6529B. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. The legislature finds that:
32 (1) Confined animal feeding operations increase social and environmental
33 impacts in areas where these facilities are located;
34 (2) The siting of confined animal feeding operations is a complex and
35 technically difficult undertaking requiring assistance to counties and other
36 units of local government as they exercise their land use planning authority;
37 (3) It is in the interest of the state of Idaho that state departments
38 and agencies use their particular expertise to assist counties and other local
39 governments in the environmental evaluation of appropriate sites for confined
40 animal feeding operations.
2
1 SECTION 3. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
2 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
3 ignated as Section 67-6529C, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
4 67-6529C. DEFINITIONS. As used in this act, the following definitions
5 shall apply:
6 (1) "Animal unit" means a unit of measurement for any animal feeding
7 operation calculated by adding the following numbers: The number of slaughter
8 and feeder cattle multiplied by one (1), plus the number of young slaughter or
9 feeder cattle less than twelve (12) months of age multiplied by six-tenths
10 (0.6), plus the number of mature dairy cattle multiplied by one and four-
11 tenths (1.4), plus the number of young dairy cattle multiplied by six-tenths
12 (0.6), plus the number of swine weighing over twenty-five (25) kilograms,
13 approximately fifty-five (55) pounds, multiplied by four-tenths (0.4), plus
14 the number of weaned swine weighing under twenty-five (25) kilograms multi-
15 plied by one-tenth (0.1), plus the number of sheep multiplied by one-tenth
16 (0.1), plus the number of horses multiplied by two (2), plus the number of
17 chickens multiplied by one-hundredth (0.01);
18 (2) "CAFO," also referred to as "concentrated animal feeding operation"
19 or "confined animal feeding operation," means a lot or facility where the fol-
20 lowing conditions are met:
21 (a) Animals have been, are, or will be stabled or confined and fed or
22 maintained for a total of ninety (90) consecutive days or more in any
23 twelve-month period;
24 (b) Crops, vegetation, forage growth or postharvest residues are not sus-
25 tained in the normal growing season over any portion of the lot or facil-
26 ity; and
27 (c) The lot or facility is designed to confine or actually does confine
28 an equivalent of one thousand (1,000) animal units.
29 Two (2) or more concentrated animal feeding operations under common owner-
30 ship are considered, for the purposes of this definition, to be a single ani-
31 mal feeding operation if they adjoin each other or if they use a common area
32 or system for the disposal of wastes;
33 (3) "CAFO site advisory team" shall mean representatives of the Idaho
34 state department of agriculture, Idaho department of environmental quality and
35 Idaho department of water resources who review a site proposed for a CAFO,
36 determine environmental risks and submit a suitability determination to a
37 county;
38 (4) "Environmental risk" shall mean that risk to the environment deemed
39 posed by a proposed CAFO site, as determined and categorized by the CAFO site
40 advisory team and set forth in the site advisory team's suitability determina-
41 tion report;
42 (5) "Suitability determination" shall mean that document created and sub-
43 mitted by the CAFO site advisory team after review and analysis of a proposed
44 CAFO site that identifies the environmental risk categories related to a pro-
45 posed CAFO site, describes the factors that contribute to the environmental
46 risks and sets forth any possible mitigation of risk.
47 SECTION 4. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
48 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
49 ignated as Section 67-6529D, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
50 67-6529D. ODOR MANAGEMENT PLANS -- COUNTY REQUEST FOR SUITABILITY DETER-
51 MINATION -- LOCAL REGULATION. (1) Counties shall require all applicants for
52 siting of a CAFO to submit an odor management plan as part of their applica-
3
1 tion.
2 (2) A board of county commissioners considering the siting of a CAFO may
3 request the director of the department of agriculture to form a CAFO site
4 advisory team to provide a suitability determination for the site.
5 (3) This act does not preempt local regulation of a CAFO.
6 SECTION 5. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
7 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
8 ignated as Section 67-6529E, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
9 67-6529E. PROCESS FOR COUNTY REQUEST -- CONTENTS OF THE REQUEST. (1) A
10 board of county commissioners shall submit its request for a suitability
11 determination by a site advisory team in writing to the director of the
12 department of agriculture and shall support its request by the adoption of a
13 resolution.
14 (2) Information in the request shall include, but not be limited to, the
15 relevant legal description and address of a proposed facility, the animal-unit
16 capacity of the facility, the types of animals to be confined at the proposed
17 facility, all information related to water and water rights of the facility,
18 any relevant vicinity maps and any other information relevant to the site that
19 will assist the site advisory team in issuing its suitability determination.
20 The board of county commissioners shall also provide the site advisory team
21 with a copy of the odor management plan for the CAFO, as is required to be
22 submitted by the site applicant at the time of application.
23 SECTION 6. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
24 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
25 ignated as Section 67-6529F, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
26 67-6529F. DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES -- AUTHORITY TO ADOPT RULES AND
27 CONTRACT WITH OTHER AGENCIES. (1) Upon the request of a board of county com-
28 missioners, the director of the department of agriculture shall form a site
29 advisory team specific to the request of the county. The director of the
30 department of environmental quality and the director of the department of
31 water resources shall provide full cooperation in the formation of the site
32 advisory team.
33 (2) The CAFO site advisory team shall review the information provided by
34 the county and shall visit the site as may be necessary in the judgment of the
35 team.
36 (3) Within thirty (30) days of receiving the request for a suitability
37 determination by a board of county commissioners, the CAFO site advisory team
38 shall issue a written suitability determination and provide a copy in writing
39 to the board of county commissioners that requested the review.
40 (4) Any director responsible for carrying out the purposes of this act
41 may adopt administrative rules necessary or helpful to carry out those pur-
42 poses.
43 (5) Any director responsible for carrying out the purposes of this act
44 may enter into contracts, agreements, memorandums and other arrangements with
45 federal, state and local agencies to carry out the purposes of this act.
46 SECTION 7. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
47 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
48 ignated as Section 67-6529G, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
49 67-6529G. REPORT OF CAFO SITE ADVISORY TEAM -- COUNTY ACTION. The board
4
1 of county commissioners requesting the suitability determination, upon receipt
2 of the written suitability determination report by the CAFO site advisory
3 team, may use the report as the county deems appropriate.
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
Moved by Jones
Seconded by Stevenson
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. NO. 211
1 AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 3
2 On page 2 of the printed bill, in line 28, following "units" insert: "or
3 more"; and in line 37, following "county" insert: ". The department of agri-
4 culture shall serve as the lead agency for the team".
5 AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 4
6 On page 2, in line 51, delete "shall" and insert: "may"; and also in line
7 51, delete "all applicants" and insert: "an applicant".
8 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 5
9 On page 3, in line 21, delete "as is" and insert: "if".
10 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 6
11 On page 3, in line 28, following "form" insert: "and chair".
12 CORRECTION TO TITLE
13 On page 1, in line 9, delete "REQUIRE" and insert: "PROVIDE FOR".
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 211, As Amended
BY AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING; AMENDING CHAPTER 65, TITLE 67, IDAHO
3 CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 67-6529A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A
4 SHORT TITLE; AMENDING CHAPTER 65, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF
5 A NEW SECTION 67-6529B, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS
6 AND PURPOSE; AMENDING CHAPTER 65, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF
7 A NEW SECTION 67-6529C, IDAHO CODE, TO DEFINE TERMS; AMENDING CHAPTER 65,
8 TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 67-6529D, IDAHO
9 CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR ODOR MANAGEMENT PLANS, TO PROVIDE FOR COUNTY REQUESTS
10 FOR SUITABILITY DETERMINATIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOR LOCAL REGULATION; AMEND-
11 ING CHAPTER 65, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION
12 67-6529E, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A PROCESS FOR A COUNTY REQUEST, TO PRO-
13 VIDE FOR CONTENT OF THE REQUEST AND CERTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION; AMEND-
14 ING CHAPTER 65, TITLE 67, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION
15 67-6529F, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE DEPART-
16 MENT OF AGRICULTURE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND THE
17 DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, TO AUTHORIZE RULEMAKING AND TO PROVIDE FOR
18 AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER AGENCIES; AND AMENDING CHAPTER 65, TITLE 67, IDAHO
19 CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 67-6529G, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE
20 FOR THE REPORT OF THE SITING ADVISORY TEAM AND TO PROVIDE FOR COUNTY
21 ACTION.
22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
23 SECTION 1. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
24 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
25 ignated as Section 67-6529A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
26 67-6529A. SHORT TITLE. This act shall be referred to as the "Site Advi-
27 sory Team Suitability Determination Act."
28 SECTION 2. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
29 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
30 ignated as Section 67-6529B, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
31 67-6529B. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. The legislature finds that:
32 (1) Confined animal feeding operations increase social and environmental
33 impacts in areas where these facilities are located;
34 (2) The siting of confined animal feeding operations is a complex and
35 technically difficult undertaking requiring assistance to counties and other
36 units of local government as they exercise their land use planning authority;
37 (3) It is in the interest of the state of Idaho that state departments
38 and agencies use their particular expertise to assist counties and other local
39 governments in the environmental evaluation of appropriate sites for confined
40 animal feeding operations.
2
1 SECTION 3. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
2 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
3 ignated as Section 67-6529C, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
4 67-6529C. DEFINITIONS. As used in this act, the following definitions
5 shall apply:
6 (1) "Animal unit" means a unit of measurement for any animal feeding
7 operation calculated by adding the following numbers: The number of slaughter
8 and feeder cattle multiplied by one (1), plus the number of young slaughter or
9 feeder cattle less than twelve (12) months of age multiplied by six-tenths
10 (0.6), plus the number of mature dairy cattle multiplied by one and four-
11 tenths (1.4), plus the number of young dairy cattle multiplied by six-tenths
12 (0.6), plus the number of swine weighing over twenty-five (25) kilograms,
13 approximately fifty-five (55) pounds, multiplied by four-tenths (0.4), plus
14 the number of weaned swine weighing under twenty-five (25) kilograms multi-
15 plied by one-tenth (0.1), plus the number of sheep multiplied by one-tenth
16 (0.1), plus the number of horses multiplied by two (2), plus the number of
17 chickens multiplied by one-hundredth (0.01);
18 (2) "CAFO," also referred to as "concentrated animal feeding operation"
19 or "confined animal feeding operation," means a lot or facility where the fol-
20 lowing conditions are met:
21 (a) Animals have been, are, or will be stabled or confined and fed or
22 maintained for a total of ninety (90) consecutive days or more in any
23 twelve-month period;
24 (b) Crops, vegetation, forage growth or postharvest residues are not sus-
25 tained in the normal growing season over any portion of the lot or facil-
26 ity; and
27 (c) The lot or facility is designed to confine or actually does confine
28 an equivalent of one thousand (1,000) animal units or more.
29 Two (2) or more concentrated animal feeding operations under common owner-
30 ship are considered, for the purposes of this definition, to be a single ani-
31 mal feeding operation if they adjoin each other or if they use a common area
32 or system for the disposal of wastes;
33 (3) "CAFO site advisory team" shall mean representatives of the Idaho
34 state department of agriculture, Idaho department of environmental quality and
35 Idaho department of water resources who review a site proposed for a CAFO,
36 determine environmental risks and submit a suitability determination to a
37 county. The department of agriculture shall serve as the lead agency for the
38 team;
39 (4) "Environmental risk" shall mean that risk to the environment deemed
40 posed by a proposed CAFO site, as determined and categorized by the CAFO site
41 advisory team and set forth in the site advisory team's suitability determina-
42 tion report;
43 (5) "Suitability determination" shall mean that document created and sub-
44 mitted by the CAFO site advisory team after review and analysis of a proposed
45 CAFO site that identifies the environmental risk categories related to a pro-
46 posed CAFO site, describes the factors that contribute to the environmental
47 risks and sets forth any possible mitigation of risk.
48 SECTION 4. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
49 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
50 ignated as Section 67-6529D, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
51 67-6529D. ODOR MANAGEMENT PLANS -- COUNTY REQUEST FOR SUITABILITY DETER-
52 MINATION -- LOCAL REGULATION. (1) Counties may require an applicant for siting
3
1 of a CAFO to submit an odor management plan as part of their application.
2 (2) A board of county commissioners considering the siting of a CAFO may
3 request the director of the department of agriculture to form a CAFO site
4 advisory team to provide a suitability determination for the site.
5 (3) This act does not preempt local regulation of a CAFO.
6 SECTION 5. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
7 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
8 ignated as Section 67-6529E, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
9 67-6529E. PROCESS FOR COUNTY REQUEST -- CONTENTS OF THE REQUEST. (1) A
10 board of county commissioners shall submit its request for a suitability
11 determination by a site advisory team in writing to the director of the
12 department of agriculture and shall support its request by the adoption of a
13 resolution.
14 (2) Information in the request shall include, but not be limited to, the
15 relevant legal description and address of a proposed facility, the animal-unit
16 capacity of the facility, the types of animals to be confined at the proposed
17 facility, all information related to water and water rights of the facility,
18 any relevant vicinity maps and any other information relevant to the site that
19 will assist the site advisory team in issuing its suitability determination.
20 The board of county commissioners shall also provide the site advisory team
21 with a copy of the odor management plan for the CAFO, if required to be sub-
22 mitted by the site applicant at the time of application.
23 SECTION 6. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
24 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
25 ignated as Section 67-6529F, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
26 67-6529F. DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES -- AUTHORITY TO ADOPT RULES AND
27 CONTRACT WITH OTHER AGENCIES. (1) Upon the request of a board of county com-
28 missioners, the director of the department of agriculture shall form and chair
29 a site advisory team specific to the request of the county. The director of
30 the department of environmental quality and the director of the department of
31 water resources shall provide full cooperation in the formation of the site
32 advisory team.
33 (2) The CAFO site advisory team shall review the information provided by
34 the county and shall visit the site as may be necessary in the judgment of the
35 team.
36 (3) Within thirty (30) days of receiving the request for a suitability
37 determination by a board of county commissioners, the CAFO site advisory team
38 shall issue a written suitability determination and provide a copy in writing
39 to the board of county commissioners that requested the review.
40 (4) Any director responsible for carrying out the purposes of this act
41 may adopt administrative rules necessary or helpful to carry out those pur-
42 poses.
43 (5) Any director responsible for carrying out the purposes of this act
44 may enter into contracts, agreements, memorandums and other arrangements with
45 federal, state and local agencies to carry out the purposes of this act.
46 SECTION 7. That Chapter 65, Title 67, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
47 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
48 ignated as Section 67-6529G, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
49 67-6529G. REPORT OF CAFO SITE ADVISORY TEAM -- COUNTY ACTION. The board
4
1 of county commissioners requesting the suitability determination, upon receipt
2 of the written suitability determination report by the CAFO site advisory
3 team, may use the report as the county deems appropriate.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11053
This bill will codify an existing informal process between the
counties and the state Department of Agriculture, Department of
Water Resources, and Department of Environmental Quality.
Under this bill a county considering a request to site a
concentrated animal feeding operation(CAFO)can ask the state
Department of Agriculture to form a site advisory team to evaluate
the proposed site using their technical expertise to determine if
it is suitable for the proposed facility.
The team could include people from the Department of Agriculture,
Department of Water Resources and Department of Environmental
Quality. The site advisory report would be given to the county to
use as they choose. An advisory team would only be formed upon
county commissioners request. This act does not preempt local
regulation of a CAFO. FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no fiscal impact on the General Fund. The existing
state Department of Agriculture and other agency personnel would be
used.
Contact
Name: Rep. Doug Jones
Phone: 332-1137
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 21