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SB 738 - The act directs the Department of Natural Resources to establish and publish a time line for the complete processing of any permit application for a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), if the processing cannot be completed within ninety days of the Department's receipt of the completed application. Publication requirements are described. Any CAFO, or recycling company that converts animal parts into petroleum, who violates any state air, water, or odor pollution standard at least six times in a 12-month period or 12 times in a 36-month period shall forfeit any CAFO-related permits issued by the Department. CAFOs or recycling companies that violate any air, water, or odor pollution standard more than one time in a 36-month period shall be subject to a surcharge in addition to a civil penalty. The surcharge will be the sum of the civil penalty assessed for the violation plus the sum of any fines assessed during the 36-month period. The funds from the surcharge shall be deposited into funds created and utilized for public education and the enforcement of air and water pollution laws of the state. The act is similar to SB 534 (2007) and SB 591 (2006). ERIKA JAQUES
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