Section 10 Regulation of Odor

• Library: Environmental Law 2002 Supp Replacement chs

Regulation 10 C.S.R. § 10-3.090 restricts the emission of odors from facilities in the state. Before 1999, this regulation did not apply to the “emission of odorous matter from the raising and harvesting of crops nor from the feeding, breeding and management of livestock or domestic animals or fowl.” 10 C.S.R. § 10-3.090(3)(B). In 1999, this exception was narrowed; the amended rule now imposes limits on the emission of odors from Class IA concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). A Class IA CAFO is one with 7,000 or more animal units. 10 C.S.R. § 20-6.300(1)(B)7.

Under the amended rule, by July 1, 2000, each Class IA CAFO operating as of January 1, 1999, was required to...