08-01-07: REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR EXISTING CAFOs:

   (1)   Within six (6) months from the effective date hereof, any person or entity ("registrant") operating an existing or nonconforming CAFO shall file a registration notice with the director. An existing or nonconforming CAFO that fails to file a registration notice within six (6) months of the effective date hereof shall pay a fee as set by the board by resolution, which fee shall be submitted with the registration notice. CAFOs that have previously received a conditional use permit, or have registered as an existing facility, need not register or reregister under this section. The registration notice shall be submitted on a form provided by the department and shall include, but not be limited to, the following applicable information:

      A.    Name, address and telephone number of registrant.

      B.    Type of animals.

      C.    Onetime total animal capacity.

      D.    A site plan, drawn to scale, or a scalable aerial photograph taken within the last six (6) months, showing and labeling the following:

         1.    Size including CAFO facility area dimensions and location of existing improvements within the CAFO, so that the CAFO facility area may be determined.

         2.    Property lines and acreage.

         3.    Feed storage area.

         4.    Confinement areas.

         5.    Animal waste management system.

         6.    Wells.

         7.    Dead animal storage.

   (2)   The department shall provide the applicant written notification of receipt within twenty (20) days of receipt of the registration notice and may request additional information for clarification. Upon receipt of the registration notice if no clarification information is requested by the department, and if the clarification information has been received by the department and is complete to the department's satisfaction, the department shall issue a certificate of registration to the applicant.

   (3)   Registration notices which have been filed with the department shall allow the continued operation of an existing or nonconforming CAFO, as described in the registration notice, and shall be transferable in the same manner as a CAFO siting permit for so long as the CAFO remains in operation without a material change. (Ord. 07-002, 1-18-2007)