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To: Boards of Supervisors
From: David Vestal, ISAC General Counsel
If a county chooses to use the master matrix to evaluate applications
for construction permits for large animal confinement operations, the
board of supervisors must adopt a “construction evaluation resolution”
annually.
According the DNR’s administrative rules, if the board of supervisors
wants to use the master matrix between February 1, 2007 and January 31,
2008, the board of supervisors must submit an adopted “construction
evaluation resolution” to the DNR between January 1 and January 31,
2007.
The construction evaluation resolution should be mailed to:
Tammie Krausman
IDNR
502 East 9th Street
Des Moines, IA 50319-0034
Or you can fax it to 515-281-6794.
The board of supervisors can adopt the resolution at any time, as long
as it is actually mailed to the DNR during January of 2007.
A sample construction evaluation resolution is attached to this memo.
If a county board of supervisors does not adopt a construction
evaluation resolution for 2007, then the county cannot:
1)submit a formal recommendation to the DNR concerning a particular
construction permit application; the county can submit comments, but
they are not given nearly as much weight by DNR as a formal
recommendation would be;
2)send county employee along on a DNR site inspection; or
3)appeal the DNR’s decision regarding a construction permit application
to the Environmental Protection Commission.
Eighty-three counties filed resolutions in 2006.
If you have any questions about this memo, you can call David Vestal at
ISAC (515) 244-7181, or Gene Tinker at the DNR at (515) 281-3103.
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Construction Evaluation Resolution