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IN SB0316
Bill
AI Summary
SB 316 Summary
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Requires permits from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) for construction, operation, and modifications of confined feeding operations (CFOs) involving at least 300 cattle, 600 swine/sheep, 30,000 fowl, or 500 horses.
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Establishes public access to permit applications through IDEM's Virtual File Cabinet, requires a 30-day public comment period, and allows public hearings upon written request by interested persons.
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Mandates new CFO structures and production areas be located at least one mile from existing residences (unless written consent recorded) and establishes specific odor emission standards measured using field olfactometer methods.
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Authorizes the commissioner to deny permit applications if the proposed activity would substantially endanger public health or the environment, and to revoke permits to prevent or abate such endangerment.
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Removes language protecting farmers' rights to choose generally accepted farming practices and eliminates provisions declaring certain operational changes as non-significant for nuisance law purposes, effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Regulation of confined feeding operations. Amends the law on confined feeding operations (CFOs, which include any confined feeding of at least 300 cattle, 600 swine or sheep, 30,000 fowl, or 500 horses). Provides that a person who owns a CFO, owns the livestock in a CFO, applies for a permit, permit renewal, or permit modification for a CFO, or is otherwise in direct or responsible charge of a CFO is a "responsible party" with respect to the CFO. Provides that a person may not start construction or operation of a CFO without obtaining a permit from the department of environmental
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture
1/4/2018