Section 266.43. Odor mitigation technologies and strategies — applied on-site research projects.

  1.  a.  Iowa state university of science and technology shall conduct applied on-site research projects to address whether odor mitigation technologies or strategies can be successfully implemented across many livestock operations, locations, and situations, and to analyze the costs of their successful implementation and maintenance to accomplish the purposes provided in section 266.42.

  b.  The projects shall be conducted at livestock operations on a statewide basis and under different circumstances.

  c.  The university shall evaluate technologies or strategies that have a firm foundation in basic and applied research but which may further benefit from statewide on-site application. The technologies and strategies may include but are not limited to the following:

  (1)  The installation, maintenance, and use of odor mitigating devices, techniques, or strategies.

  (2)  The use of a livestock odor mitigation evaluation effort as provided in section 266.49.

  (3)  The manipulation of livestock diet.

  2.  A livestock producer who is classified as a habitual violator pursuant to section 459.604 or a chronic violator pursuant to section 657.11 shall not participate in an applied on-site research project under this section unless the livestock producer contributes one hundred percent of the total costs of conducting the project.

2008 Acts, ch 1174, §4, 13