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IA SF2270
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Iowa Code Section 455B.173 to allow the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules under Sections 459.311 and 459A.410 providing more restrictive effluent limitations for animal feeding operations than required by federal EPA standards
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Modifies Section 459.103 to require the Commission to establish rules for storage, treatment, and application of manure and other effluent from animal feeding operations as necessary to preserve and enhance water quality
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Removes certain exemptions that previously prevented the state from adopting effluent standards more stringent than federal requirements for animal feeding operations
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Introduced by Senators Staed, Quirmbach, and Bennett, the bill applies rulemaking requirements and makes penalties applicable to regulated animal feeding operations
Legislative Description
A bill for an act regulating animal feeding operations, including rulemaking requirements, and making penalties applicable.
Last Action
Subcommittee: Shipley, Rozenboom, and Staed. S.J. 279.
2/12/2026