Iowa Code Title XI. Natural Resources [Chs. 455-485] § 459B.103. Special terms

1. Two or more dry bedded confinement feeding operations under common ownership or common management are deemed to be a single dry bedded confinement feeding operation if they are adjacent or utilize a common area or system for dry bedded manure disposal.

2. For purposes of determining whether two or more dry bedded confinement feeding operations are adjacent, all of the following shall apply:

4. For purposes of determining whether two or more dry bedded confinement feeding operations are under common management, a person must have significant control of the management of the day-to-day operations of each of the dry bedded confinement feeding operations. Common management does not include control over a contract livestock facility by a contractor, as defined in section 202.1.

5. In calculating the animal unit capacity of a dry bedded confinement feeding operation, the animal unit capacity shall include the animal unit capacity of all dry bedded manure confinement feeding operation buildings that are used to house animals in the dry bedded confinement feeding operation.