Iowa SF2270 regulates animal feeding operations, requiring stricter state rules for manure management to protect water quality.

Iowa SF2270 amends existing regulations on animal feeding operations (AFOs) to ensure stricter state rules for manure management. The bill mandates that the Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) adopt rules that are more restrictive than federal standards to regulate the storage, treatment, and application of manure and effluent from AFOs. This aims to preserve and enhance water quality in the state. The bill also removes exemptions that prevented EPC rules from being subject to periodic administrative review. Violations of the bill's provisions are subject to civil penalties.

Iowa SF2270 regulates animal feeding operations, requiring stricter state rules for manure management to protect water quality.

Iowa SF2270 amends existing regulations on animal feeding operations (AFOs) to ensure stricter state rules for manure management. The bill mandates that the Environmental Protection Commission (EPC) adopt rules that are more restrictive than federal standards to regulate the storage, treatment, and application of manure and effluent from AFOs. This aims to preserve and enhance water quality in the state. The bill also removes exemptions that prevented EPC rules from being subject to periodic administrative review. Violations of the bill's provisions are subject to civil penalties.