640.703. Definitions.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

Definitions.

640.703. For the purposes of sections 640.700 to 640.755, thefollowing terms mean:

(1) "Animal units", shall be defined by rules of the department ineffect as of January 30, 1996;

(2) "Animal waste wet handling facility", includes all gravityoutfall lines, recycle pump stations, recycle force mains andappurtenances;

(3) "Class IA", any concentrated animal feeding operation with acapacity of seven thousand animal units or more;

(4) "Class IB", any concentrated animal feeding operation with acapacity between three thousand animal units and six thousand nine hundredand ninety-nine animal units inclusive;

(5) "Class IC", any concentrated animal feeding operation with acapacity between one thousand animal units and two thousand nine hundredand ninety-nine animal units inclusive;

(6) "Class II", any concentrated animal feeding operation with acapacity of at least three hundred animal units, but less than one thousandanimal units;

(7) "Department", the department of natural resources;

(8) "Facility", any class IA concentrated animal feeding operationwhich uses a flush system;

(9) "Flush system", a system of moving or removing manure utilizingliquid as the primary agent as opposed to a primarily mechanical orautomatic device;

(10) "Sensitive areas", areas in the watershed located within fivemiles upstream of any stream or river drinking water intake structure,other than those intake structures on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.