IN HB1355

Establishes a voluntary preapplication meeting process for confined feeding operation permits, requiring the department to review engineering designs and schedule meetings within 30 days, with final determinations due within 90 days

Requires the department to automatically issue application fee refunds if it fails to make permit determinations within the 90-day deadline, rather than requiring applicants to request refunds

Prohibits the department from requiring changes to confined feeding operation designs that comply with existing law and are certified by a registered professional engineer

Exempts solid manure facilities using strawpack or dry pack bedding from liquid manure design requirements, though runoff control is still required if water contacts the manure

Requires the department to designate an employee as point of contact for permit applicants and establishes maintenance requirements for earthen berms at manure storage facilities, including a 16-foot vegetation setback from the interior