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  • Iowa - Gov. Branstad signs proclamation extension to assist with clean-up efforts for avian flu outbreak - effective until December 31, 2015.

    Gov. Branstad Signs Proclamation Extension to Assist with Clean-Up Efforts for Avian Flu Outbreak

    Date:
    July 13, 2015


    This proclamation will continue offering an additional safe option to assist affected producers in disposal of safe, virus-free manure and compost from affected sites
    (DES MOINES) ? Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad today signed a disaster emergency proclamation extension for 18 Iowa counties adversely affected by highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which would assist with disposal and clean-up efforts on affects sites. The original proclamation, which was signed on Monday, June 15, 2015, was set to expire on July 15, 2015.

    The state of disaster emergency proclamation temporarily allows impacted chicken and turkey producers to dispose of manure and compost generated at a premise infected with HPAI as a Bulk Dry Animal Nutrient under Chapter 200A of Iowa Code. The material can only be moved off-site if it has been certified by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that the material is virus-free. Normally, only un-manipulated animal manure qualifies for distribution under this code section.

    This proclamation only applies to impacted chicken and turkey producers in the 18 counties with confirmed cases of HPAI. Counties included in this proclamation are: Adair, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Hamilton, Kossuth, Lyon, Madison, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, Webster and Wright County.

    The proclamation is effective until December 31, 2015.

    The proclamation of disaster emergency can be read below:

    WHEREAS, beginning on April 13, 2015, and continuing thereafter, there have been seventy-five confirmed cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the State of Iowa; and
    WHEREAS, highly pathogenic avian influenza is a contagious and economically devastating disease that has threatened turkeys, chickens, and other poultry in our state; and
    WHEREAS, the spread of this highly contagious disease continues to threaten the public peace, health, and safety of the citizens of the State of Iowa and has the potential to quickly destroy private property and exhaust local resources and capacities unless its spread is stopped. These facts provide legal justification for the issuance of this Proclamation of a State of Disaster Emergency. Iowa Code ?? 29C.1, 29C.2 (1), 29C.6 (1); and
    WHEREAS, Iowa poultry producers typically dispose of animal manure generated by their facilities under the provisions of Iowa Code Chapter 200A; and
    WHEREAS, Iowa Code ? 200A.3 (6) requires that animal manure must be ?unmanipulated? and composed of ?primarily of animal excreta? in order to be considered ?dry animal nutrient product? to come under the regulation of Iowa Code Chapter 200A. As defined, Iowa Code ? 200A.3 (6) creates a particular hardship for turkey and chicken producers on sites infected by highly pathogenic avian influenza by making them ineligible to dispose of their animal manure under the authority of Iowa Code Chapter 200A; and
    WHEREAS, producers with sites infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza in the following eighteen (18) Iowa counties are adversely effected by the definition of ?dry animal nutrient product? in Iowa Code ? 200A.3 (6): Adair, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Hamilton, Kossuth, Lyon, Madison, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, Webster and Wright County.
    WHEREAS, I proclaimed a State of Disaster Emergency in respect to this matter on June 15, 2015, and circumstances warrant the extension of that same proclamation.
    NOW, THEREFORE, I, TERRY E. BRANSTAD, Governor of the State of Iowa, by the power and authority vested in me by the Iowa Constitution Art. IV, ?? 1, 8 and Iowa Code ?? 29C.6 (1), 163.3A (2) and all other applicable laws, and in conjunction with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, and the authority granted to it under Iowa Code ? 163.3A, do hereby proclaim a State of Disaster Emergency specifically for the following eighteen (18) Iowa counties: Adair, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Hamilton, Kossuth, Lyon, Madison, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Sac, Sioux, Webster and Wright and do hereby ORDER and DIRECT the following:
    SECTION One.I temporarily suspend the regulatory provisions of Iowa Code ? 200A.3 (6) requiring that animal manure be ?unmanipulated? and composed of ?primarily of animal excreta? in order to be considered ?dry animal nutrient product? as defined by this section. This suspension shall be effective only to manure and compost generated at a premise infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza and quarantined by the Iowa Department of Agriculture, in the counties delineated above, provided said material has been released for application in writing by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. All other provisions of Iowa Code Chapter 200A shall apply to the above-described material.
    SECTION Two.This state of disaster emergency shall be effective on July 16, 2015, shall continue for a period of one hundred sixty-nine (169) days and shall expire on December 31, 2015, unless sooner terminated or extended in writing by me. Iowa Code ? 29C.6 (1).







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