161C.6 ORGANIC NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
1. The division shall establish an organic nutrient management
program as provided by rules which shall be adopted by the division.
The program shall be supported from moneys deposited in the organic
nutrient management fund.
2. a. The program shall provide financial incentives to
establish livestock manure management systems to facilitate the
proper utilization of livestock manure as a nutrient source, and to
protect the water resources of the state from livestock manure
runoff.
b. A person shall not be eligible to participate in the
program, unless the person is an individual family farmer, an
individual actively engaged in farming as provided in section 9H.1,
subsection 1, paragraphs "a" through "c", or the person is a
family farm corporation, family farm limited partnership, a family
trust, or a family farm limited liability company, all as defined in
section 9H.1.
c. The amount of moneys allocated in cost-share payments to a
person qualifying under the organic nutrient management program shall
not exceed fifty percent of the estimated cost of establishing the
system or fifty percent of the actual cost, whichever is less.
d. The division shall maintain records regarding each award
of financial incentives under this section, including the name of the
person; the amount of the award; the location of the livestock manure
management system established with financial incentive moneys; and
whether the person is a family farm corporation, family farm limited
partnership, family trust, or a family farm limited liability
company.
e. The department shall not allocate moneys to a person who
is a party to a legal or administrative action, including a contested
case proceeding under chapter 17A, which relates to an alleged
violation of chapter 455B or 459, subchapters II and III, involving
the disposal of livestock waste, until the action is resolved. The
department of natural resources shall cooperate with the division by
providing information necessary to administer this paragraph.
f. A person shall not use moneys allocated pursuant to this
section for purposes of paying an amount imposed pursuant to a fine
or civil penalty, or for remediating or restoring the condition of an
area contaminated by livestock waste.
g. A person qualifying under the program shall not receive
more than seven thousand five hundred dollars in financial incentives
during any fiscal year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. A
person who has received financial assistance in a prior fiscal year
is eligible to receive financial assistance in a subsequent fiscal
year, unless the financial assistance is used to support the
establishment of a system previously receiving assistance under this
program.
161C.6 ORGANIC NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
1. The division shall establish an organic nutrient management
program as provided by rules which shall be adopted by the division.
The program shall be supported from moneys deposited in the organic
nutrient management fund.
2. a. The program shall provide financial incentives to
establish livestock manure management systems to facilitate the
proper utilization of livestock manure as a nutrient source, and to
protect the water resources of the state from livestock manure
runoff.
b. A person shall not be eligible to participate in the
program, unless the person is an individual family farmer, an
individual actively engaged in farming as provided in section 9H.1,
subsection 1, paragraphs "a" through "c", or the person is a
family farm corporation, family farm limited partnership, a family
trust, or a family farm limited liability company, all as defined in
section 9H.1.
c. The amount of moneys allocated in cost-share payments to a
person qualifying under the organic nutrient management program shall
not exceed fifty percent of the estimated cost of establishing the
system or fifty percent of the actual cost, whichever is less.
d. The division shall maintain records regarding each award
of financial incentives under this section, including the name of the
person; the amount of the award; the location of the livestock manure
management system established with financial incentive moneys; and
whether the person is a family farm corporation, family farm limited
partnership, family trust, or a family farm limited liability
company.
e. The department shall not allocate moneys to a person who
is a party to a legal or administrative action, including a contested
case proceeding under chapter 17A, which relates to an alleged
violation of chapter 455B or 459, subchapters II and III, involving
the disposal of livestock waste, until the action is resolved. The
department of natural resources shall cooperate with the division by
providing information necessary to administer this paragraph.
f. A person shall not use moneys allocated pursuant to this
section for purposes of paying an amount imposed pursuant to a fine
or civil penalty, or for remediating or restoring the condition of an
area contaminated by livestock waste.
g. A person qualifying under the program shall not receive
more than seven thousand five hundred dollars in financial incentives
during any fiscal year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. A
person who has received financial assistance in a prior fiscal year
is eligible to receive financial assistance in a subsequent fiscal
year, unless the financial assistance is used to support the
establishment of a system previously receiving assistance under this
program.
161C.6 ORGANIC NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
1. The division shall establish an organic nutrient management
program as provided by rules which shall be adopted by the division.
The program shall be supported from moneys deposited in the organic
nutrient management fund.
2. a. The program shall provide financial incentives to
establish livestock manure management systems to facilitate the
proper utilization of livestock manure as a nutrient source, and to
protect the water resources of the state from livestock manure
runoff.
b. A person shall not be eligible to participate in the
program, unless the person is an individual family farmer, an
individual actively engaged in farming as provided in section 9H.1,
subsection 1, paragraphs "a" through "c", or the person is a
family farm corporation, family farm limited partnership, a family
trust, or a family farm limited liability company, all as defined in
section 9H.1.
c. The amount of moneys allocated in cost-share payments to a
person qualifying under the organic nutrient management program shall
not exceed fifty percent of the estimated cost of establishing the
system or fifty percent of the actual cost, whichever is less.
d. The division shall maintain records regarding each award
of financial incentives under this section, including the name of the
person; the amount of the award; the location of the livestock manure
management system established with financial incentive moneys; and
whether the person is a family farm corporation, family farm limited
partnership, family trust, or a family farm limited liability
company.
e. The department shall not allocate moneys to a person who
is a party to a legal or administrative action, including a contested
case proceeding under chapter 17A, which relates to an alleged
violation of chapter 455B or 459, subchapters II and III, involving
the disposal of livestock waste, until the action is resolved. The
department of natural resources shall cooperate with the division by
providing information necessary to administer this paragraph.
f. A person shall not use moneys allocated pursuant to this
section for purposes of paying an amount imposed pursuant to a fine
or civil penalty, or for remediating or restoring the condition of an
area contaminated by livestock waste.
g. A person qualifying under the program shall not receive
more than seven thousand five hundred dollars in financial incentives
during any fiscal year beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. A
person who has received financial assistance in a prior fiscal year
is eligible to receive financial assistance in a subsequent fiscal
year, unless the financial assistance is used to support the
establishment of a system previously receiving assistance under this
program.
