{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-19-5-105.5","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 19-5-105.5","heading":"Agriculture water.","body":"(1)\n(a) The board shall draft any rules relating to agriculture water in cooperation with the commission.\n(b) The commission shall advise the board before the board may adopt a rule relating to agriculture water.\n(2) A program or rule adopted by the board for agriculture production or irrigation water shall:\n(a) be consistent with the federal Clean Water Act; and\n(b) if possible, be developed in a voluntary cooperative program with the agriculture producer associations and the commission.\n(3)\n(a) The board's authority to regulate a discharge is subject to Subsection (3)(b) relating to an agriculture discharge.\n(b)\n(i) A person responsible for an agriculture discharge shall mitigate the resulting damage in a reasonable manner, as approved by the director after consulting with the commission chair.\n(ii) A penalty imposed on an agriculture discharge shall be consistent with the penalty policy described in Section 19-5-115 and associated rules, as determined by the director in consultation with the commission chair.\n(iii) An agriculture producer may not be held liable for an agriculture discharge resulting from a large weather event if the agriculture producer has taken reasonable measures, as the board defines by rule, to prevent an agriculture discharge.","path":["Title 19 Environmental Quality Code","Chapter 19-5 Water Quality Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title19/Chapter5/19-5-S105.5.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"769f3b30e636a331efee6d61743d1634a8012b44e90acb09e099dd705bed7516","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-19-5-105.3","next":"us-ut/utah-code-19-5-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}