# Iowa Code § 459B.201: Construction design standards

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## Section

- **Citation:** Iowa Code § 459B.201
- **Heading:** Construction design standards
- **Jurisdiction:** Iowa
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** IA Code / Title XI / Chapter 459B / Section 459B.201

## Text

A person constructing a dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure on karst terrain or in an alluvial aquifer area shall comply with all of the following:

(1) The person must construct the dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure at a location where there is a vertical separation distance of at least five feet between the bottom of the floor of the dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure and the underlying limestone, dolomite, or other soluble rock in karst terrain or the underlying sand and gravel aquifer in an alluvial aquifer area.

(2) The person must construct the dry bedded confinement feeding operation structure with a floor consisting of reinforced concrete at least five inches thick.

2009 Acts, ch 155, §9, 18

## Nearby sections

- [Iowa Code § 459B.101 Title.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.101.md)
- [Iowa Code § 459B.102 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.102.md)
- [Iowa Code § 459B.103 Special terms.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.103.md)
- [Iowa Code § 459B.104 General authority — commission and department — purpose — compliance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.104.md)
- [Iowa Code § 459B.201 Construction design standards.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.201.md)
- [Iowa Code § 459B.202 Distance requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.202.md)
- [Iowa Code § 459B.301 Stockpiling — air quality.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.301.md)
- [Iowa Code § 459B.305 Dry bedded manure control — water quality.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.305.md)
- [Iowa Code § 459B.306 Stockpiling — NPDES requirements — water quality.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.306.md)
- [Iowa Code § 459B.307 Stockpiling — state requirements — water quality.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.307.md)
- [Iowa Code § 459B.308 Manure management plan for a dry bedded confinement feeding operation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.308.md)
- [Iowa Code § 459B.401 General.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.401.md)
- [Iowa Code § 459B.402 Violations civil penalty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IA_TXI_C459B_S459B.402.md)

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