1. The environmental protection commission shall establish by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 17A, requirements relating to the construction, including expansion, or operation of dry bedded confinement feeding operations, including related dry bedded manure confinement feeding operation buildings and stockpiles.
2. Any provision referring generally to compliance with the requirements of this chapter as applied to dry bedded confinement feeding operations also includes compliance with requirements in rules adopted by the environmental protection commission pursuant to this section, orders issued by the department as authorized under this chapter, and the terms and conditions applicable to manure management plans required under this chapter.
3. The purpose of this chapter is to provide requirements relating to the construction, including the expansion, and operation of dry bedded confinement feeding operations, and the control of dry bedded manure which shall be construed to supplement applicable provisions of chapter 459. If there is a conflict between the provisions of this chapter and chapter 459, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail.
4. Rules adopted to implement this chapter are not subject to section 17A.7, subsection 2 or 3.