Agriculture & Conservation Committee

Filed: 2/28/2007

 

 


 

 


 
09500HB0215ham001 LRB095 04359 CMK 31372 a

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 215

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 215 as follows:
 
3 on page 2, line 2, after "capacity", by inserting "; the owner
4 or operator of a livestock waste handling facility constructed
5 with concrete with a design capacity of less than 300 animal
6 units may demonstrate to the Department that a reduced storage
7 volume, not less than 60 days, is feasible due to (i) the
8 availability of land application areas that can receive manure
9 at agronomic rates or (ii) another manure disposal method is
10 proposed that will allow for the reduced manure storage design
11 capacity; the Department shall evaluate the proposal and
12 determine whether a reduced manure storage design capacity is
13 appropriate for the site"; and
 
14 on page 3, line 2, by replacing "3 6" with "6"; and
 
15 on page 3, line 3, after "capacity", by inserting ". The owner

 

 

09500HB0215ham001 - 2 - LRB095 04359 CMK 31372 a

1 or operator of a livestock waste handling facility holding
2 solid livestock waste with a design capacity of less than 300
3 animal units may demonstrate to the Department that a reduced
4 storage volume, not less than 2 months, is feasible due to (i)
5 the availability of land application areas that can receive
6 manure at agronomic rates or (ii) another manure disposal
7 method is proposed that will allow for the reduced storage
8 design capacity. The Department shall evaluate the proposal and
9 determine whether a reduced manure storage design capacity is
10 appropriate for the site".