3E Relating to agriculture; modifying the notice requirements of persons applying for permits to construct or expand certain large feedlots; modifying certain consultation requirements of the commissioner of transportation (DOT) in establishing procedures and criteria for grants or loans from the local road improvement fund and expanding the factors to be considered to determine project priority to livestock and other agricultural operations; modifying certain county feedlot zoning ordinance adoption procedures; requiring public hearings for proposed city or town interim ordinances regulating, restricting or prohibiting activities relating to livestock production and requiring notice to the pollution control agency (PCA) and the commissioner of agriculture of proposed adoption of new or amendment of existing feedlot zoning controls for review and comment purposes, requiring local ordinances containing setbacks for new feedlots from existing residences to provide for new residence setbacks from existing feedlots located in areas zoned agricultural, exception, authorizing local variances
(mk, ja)