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  Adoption of Construction Evaluation Resolution For 2007  
     
  Construction Evaluation Resolution  
     
 

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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