HF 1235

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to agriculture; exempting livestock 
  1.3             production facilities from the ambient hydrogen 
  1.4             sulfide standards on days manure is being removed from 
  1.5             barns or manure storage facilities; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 1998, section 116.0713. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 116.0713, is 
  1.9   amended to read: 
  1.10     116.0713 [LIVESTOCK ODOR.] 
  1.11     (a) The pollution control agency must: 
  1.12     (1) monitor and identify potential livestock facility 
  1.13  violations of the state ambient air quality standards for 
  1.14  hydrogen sulfide, using a protocol for responding to citizen 
  1.15  complaints regarding feedlot odor and its hydrogen sulfide 
  1.16  component, including the appropriate use of portable monitoring 
  1.17  equipment that enables monitoring staff to follow plumes; 
  1.18     (2) when livestock production facilities are found to be in 
  1.19  violation of ambient hydrogen sulfide standards, take 
  1.20  appropriate actions necessary to ensure compliance, utilizing 
  1.21  appropriate technical assistance and enforcement and penalty 
  1.22  authorities provided to the agency by statute and rule. 
  1.23     (b) Livestock production facilities are exempt from ambient 
  1.24  hydrogen sulfide standards while manure is being removed and 
  1.25  seven days after the manure is removed from barns or waste 
  1.26  storage facilities.  The annual maximum number of exempt days 
  2.1   for a livestock production facility under this paragraph is 14.