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Panel codifies inspections and biosecurity protocols for confined feeding operations
Summary
The House Environmental Affairs Committee passed Senate Bill 193 as amended, codifying inspection timelines and biosecurity protocols for confined feeding operations, allowing complaint-driven unannounced inspections and expanding scheduling windows to accommodate limited inspection resources.
The House Environmental Affairs Committee voted unanimously to pass Senate Bill 193 as amended, a bill that codifies inspection requirements and biosecurity protocols for confined feeding operations and sets timelines for initial and renewal compliance inspections.
Proponents said the amendment clarifies inspection timing, elevates biosecurity protocols to statutory status, and adjusts scheduling windows to account for a limited number of environmental consultants and IDEM inspectors. Supporters and agency staff said the goal is to ensure inspections happen without imposing unattainable timelines on inspectors or farms.
Josh Trenary, executive director of the Indiana Pork Producers Association, said Amendment 9 elevates biosecurity…
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