HB 1192 -- Agricultural Operations

Sponsor:  Munzlinger

This bill requires the Department of Natural Resources to
establish rules and regulations regarding the establishment,
permitting, design, construction, operation, and management of
voluntarily regulated concentrated animal feeding operations
(CAFOs).  A voluntarily regulated facility is any CAFO with a
capacity of less than 1,000 animal units that voluntarily applies
to the department to be regulated and which is not otherwise
required by law to have a class II permit.

Eligible voluntarily regulated facilities are not required to
obtain a construction or operating permit.  However, upon
application to become a voluntarily regulated facility, the
department has the authority to regulate the permitting, design,
construction, operation, and management of the facility.
Any permit issued to a class II facility prior to the effective
date of the bill will remain in effect, and the facility will be
considered a voluntarily regulated facility.  The permit will
remain in effect pending issuance of a new permit if the facility
submits a timely and sufficient application and the department is
unable to issue the new permit prior to the expiration date of
the previous permit.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:21 am