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2005 Second Circuit Court Decision on CAFOs

On February 28, 2005, the Second Circuit issued its

decision in Waterkeeper Alliance et al. v. EPA, 399 F.3d

486. EPA is updating the 2003 CAFO rule to reflect the

changes requested by the Court.

Document Type: Policy and Guidance Documents

Date Published: 12/19/2005

Summary of 2005 Second Circuit Court Decision (PDF)

(3 pp, 128KB)

Unaffected Portions of the CAFO Rule Questions and

Answers (PDF) (4 pp, 129KB)

Full Text of the Second Circuit Court Decision (PDF) (65

pp, 296KB)

2011 Proposed NPDES AFO Reporting Rule - Fact Sheet

(PDF) (2 pp, 565KB)

Fact Sheet on revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (NPDES) permitting requirements for

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).

Document Type: Factsheets and Outreach Materials

Date Published: 10/14/2011

Applicability of the NPDES Program to Discharges of

Stormwater Associated with Construction Activity at, or

Construction of, Livestock Feeding Facilities (PDF) (127KB)

Memorandum clarifying the interpretation of the NPDES

regulations as they apply to discharges of stormwater

associated with construction activity, construction of,

livestock feeding facilitites involving animal feeding

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operations, concentrated animal feeding operations, and

feedlots.

Document Type: Policy and Guidance Documents

Date Published: 02/05/1998

Benefits of Reducing Nitrate Contamination in Private

Domestic Wells Under CAFO Regulatory Options (PDF)

(833KB)

Supporting document for the CAFO Final Rule. Report

provides estimated reductions in nitrogen and other animal

waste-related contaminants that leach through soil and

reach ground water (EPA-821-R-03-008).

Document Type: Technical and Issue Papers

Date Published: 12/01/2002

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Final

Rulemaking – Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet on revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (NPDES) permitting requirements and

Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards (ELG) for

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). This

rulemaking is in response to the Waterkeeper decision

issued by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in February

2005.

Document Type: Factsheets and Outreach Materials

Date Published: 10/30/2008

Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 213KB)

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Supplemental

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (PDF) (19KB)

This document proposes a new provision that would allow

CAFO operators to voluntarily certify that they do not

discharge or propose to discharge and as such have no

duty to apply for a permit.

Document Type: Factsheets and Outreach Materials

Date Published: 03/01/2008

Cost Methodology for the Final Revisions to the

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

Regulation and the Effluent Guidelines for

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Supporting document for the CAFO Final Rule. Provides

the data, methodology, and farm level costs for various

regulatory options for CAFOs (EPA-821-R-03-004).

Document Type: Technical and Issue Papers

Date Published: 12/01/2002

Part 1 (PDF) (964KB)

Part 2 (PDF) (831KB)
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Part 3 (PDF) (841KB)

Part 4 (PDF) (1,223KB)

Desk Statement Between EPA and USDA Offices

Regarding Interactions on Proposed Revisions to CAFO

Rule (PDF) (185KB)

Document Type: Factsheets and Outreach Materials

Date Published: 11/01/2001

Development Document for the Final Revisions to the

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(NPDES) Regulation and the Effluent Guidelines for

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs).

Supporting document for the CAFO Final Rule. Technical

Development Document (TDD) presents the legal authority,

data, and summaries of the analysis that the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) used to revise

regulations for the concentrated animal feeding operations

(CAFOs) industry (EPA-821-R-03-001).

Document Type: Technical and Issue Papers

Date Published: 12/01/2002

Part 1 (PDF) (794KB)

Part 2 (PDF) (706KB)

Part 3 (PDF) (748KB)

Part 4 (PDF) (657KB)

Part 5 (PDF) (141KB)

Draft Report: Alternative Technologies/Uses for Manure

(PDF) (2,533KB)

This document is a compilation of alternative uses for

manure from animal feeding operations (AFOs). This

document serves as a reference concerning the use of

alternative technologies to address situations where the

overapplication of manure to croplands can cause excess

nutrients to enter surface waters and ground water through

runoff and other hydrologic processes. These excess

nutrients can cause numerous water quality impacts.

Utilization of these technologies may assist operators in

meeting National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(NPDES) permit requirements.

Document Type: Technical and Issue Papers

Date Published: 03/01/2001

Economic Analysis of the Final Revisions to the
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NPDES and Effluent Guidelines for CAFOs

Supporting document for the CAFO Final Rule. Economic

Analysis (EA) summarizes EPA's analysis of the

estimated annual compliance costs and the economic

impacts that may be incurred by affected operations that

are subject to the final revisions (EPA-821-R-03-002).

Document Type: Technical and Issue Papers

Date Published: 12/01/2002

Cover Page, Table of Contents, Executive Summary &

Sections 1-5. (PDF) (1,895KB)

Section 2 (PDF) (1,566KB)

Sections 3-5 (PDF) (1,675KB)

Section 6 (PDF) (231KB)

Appendix A (PDF) (268KB)

Appendix B (PDF) (1,909KB)

Appendix C (PDF) (500KB)

Appendix D (PDF) (4,396KB)

Appendix E (PDF) (305KB)

Environmental and Economic Benefit Analysis of

Final Revisions to the National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System Regulation and the Effluent

Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding

Operations

Supporting document for the CAFO Final Rule.

Environmental and Economic Benefit Analysis (Benefits

support document) presents the analysis that the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) used to calculate

benefits of the revise regulations for concentrated animal

feeding operations (CAFOs) (EPA-821-R-03-003).

Document Type: Technical and Issue Papers

Date Published: 12/01/2002

Part 1 (PDF) (1,284KB)

Part 2 (PDF) (825KB)

Part 3 (PDF) (326KB)

Part 4 (PDF) (153KB)

Environmental Assistance to Livestock Operators: Q&A

(PDF) (30KB)

This question and answer document reviews environmental

assistance in terms of funding, applicability, and program
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requirements.

Document Type:

Date Published: 06/18/2007

Estimation of National Economic Benefits Using the

National Water Pollution Control Assessment Model to

Evaluate Regulatory Options for Concentrated Animal

Feeding Operations (CAFOs)

Supporting document for the CAFO Final Rule. Report

describes the national-scale water quality model for

simulating the water quality and economic benefits that

result from various water pollution control policies (EPA821-R-03-009).

Document Type: Technical and Issue Papers

Date Published: 12/01/2002

Part 1 (PDF) (1,416KB)

Part 2 (PDF) (826KB)

Part 3 (PDF) (829KB)

Part 4 (PDF) (870KB)

Grant for Environmental Assistance to Livestock Operators

(PDF) (151KB)

This updated Request for Applications reviews obligations

for potential grantees of the Environmental Assistance

Grant.

Document Type:

Date Published: 06/01/2007

Grant for Environmental Assistance to Livestock Operators

(PDF) (150KB)

This Request for Applications reviews obligations for

potential grantees of the Environmental Assistance Grant.

Document Type:

Date Published: 05/01/2007

Implementation Guidance on CAFO Regulations - CAFOs

That Discharge or Are Proposing to Discharge (PDF) (18 pp,

1020KB)

EPA is in the process of revising this guidance to address

National Pork Producers Council et al v. EPAI, 635 F.3d

738 (EPA-833-R-10-006).

Document Type: Policy and Guidance Documents

Date Published: 05/28/2010

Interpretive Statement and Regional Guidance on the Clean

Water Act's Exemption for Return Flows from Irrigated
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Agriculture (PDF) (43KB)

In Headwaters, Inc. vs. Talent Irrigation District, the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that an

applicator of aquatic herbicides was required to obtain a

NPDES permit under the Clean Water Act.

Document Type: Policy and Guidance Documents

Date Published: 03/29/2002

Memorandum: Clarifying Responsibility of Integrators and

their Contract Growers (PDF) (13KB)

Memo signed on March 23, 1999 by J. Charles Fox,

Assistant Administrator of the Office of Water to The

Honorable Jane Nishida, Secretary of Maryland Department

of Environment, clarifying responsibility of integrators and

their contract growers.

Document Type: Policy and Guidance Documents

Date Published: 03/23/1999

Nebraska Nutrient Management Recordkeeping Calendar

(PDF) (48 pp, 7.7MB)

EPA is providing this recordkeeping calendar from the

University of Nebraska Extension as an example of a

format for maintaining nutrient management planning

records. EPA thanks Nebraska Extension, Leslie Johnson,

and Purdue University for permission to include this

calendar on EPA's AFO website. Many State extension

services offer comparable recordkeeping aides.

Document Type: Permit Applications and Forms

Date Published: 09/19/2011

Non-Water Quality Impact Estimates for Animal Feeding

Operations (PDF) (1,737KB)

Supporting document for the CAFO Final Rule. Report

describes the non-water quality impacts analysis for the

CAFO Final Rule.

Document Type: Technical and Issue Papers

Date Published: 12/01/2002

NPDES CAFO Rule Implementation Status -- National

Summary, Endyear 2011 (PDF) (1 pp, 184K)

Table showing status as of December 2011 of

implementation of revised NPDES CAFO regulations.

Document Type: Program Status Reports

Date Published: 03/28/2012

NPDES CAFO Rule Implementation Status -- National

Summary, Endyear 2012 (PDF) (1 pp, 35K)
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Table showing status as of December 2012 of

implementation of revised NPDES CAFO regulations.

Document Type: Program Status Reports

Date Published: 04/15/2013

NPDES CAFO Rule Implementation Status -- National

Summary, First Quarter 2010 (PDF) (2 pp, 12K)

Table showing status as of March 2010 of implementation

of revised NPDES CAFO regulations.

Document Type: Program Status Reports

Date Published: 03/31/2010

NPDES CAFO Rule Implementation Status -- National

Summary, Midyear 2011 (PDF) (2 pp, 68K)

Table showing status as of June 2011 of implementation of

revised NPDES CAFO regulations.

Document Type: Program Status Reports

Date Published: 10/12/2011

NPDES CAFO Rule Implementation Status -- National

Summary, Midyear 2012 (PDF) (1 pp, 47K)

Table showing status as of June 2012 of implementation of

revised NPDES CAFO regulations.

Document Type: Program Status Reports

Date Published: 09/13/2012

NPDES CAFO Rule Implementation Status -- National

Summary, Second Quarter 2010 (PDF) (2 pp, 12KB)

Table showing status as of June 2010 of implementation of

revised NPDES CAFO regulations.

Document Type: Program Status Reports

Date Published: 11/04/2010

NPDES CAFO Rule Implementation Status -- National

Summary, Third Quarter 2010 (PDF) (23K)

Table showing status as of October 2010 of implementation

of revised NPDES CAFO regulations.

Document Type: Program Status Reports

Date Published: 09/30/2010

NPDES Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Form (PDF)

(191KB)

Form used by NPDES stormwater permittees to submit

analytical monitoring results to the appropriate NPDES

permitting authority.

Document Type: Permit Applications and Forms
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NPDES Form 1 Application: General Information -

Consolidated Permits Program (PDF) (713KB)

General information application. Must be submitted by all

facilities applying for an individual NPDES permit, with the

exception of POTWs, TWTDS, and MS4s serving a

population greater than 100,000. Note: You need Adobe

Acrobat Reader 7.0 or 8.0 in order to open this file. Even

though this publication is a PDF file, this document allows

you to type directly onto the form and allows you to save

the PDF with the form fields populated. You should enter

your facility information on the form, print it, sign it, and

mail the form to the address stated in the instructions.

Document Type: Permit Applications and Forms

Date Published: 08/01/1990

NPDES Form 2B Application (PDF) (5 pp, 256KB)

Revised application for permit to discharge wastewater from

concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and

aquatic animal production facilities. Note: You need Adobe

Acrobat Reader 7.0 or 8.0 in order to open this file. Even

though this publication is a PDF file, this document allows

you to type directly onto the form and allows you to save

the PDF with the form fields populated. You should enter

your facility information on the form, print it, sign it, and

mail the form to the address stated in the instructions.

Document Type: Permit Applications and Forms

Date Published: 07/13/2009

NPDES Permit Writers' Manual for Concentrated

Animal Feeding Operations

Provides information to states, producers, and the general

public including: 1) general information on Clean Water Act

and NPDES requirements for CAFOs, 2) information to

explain CAFO permitting requirements under the CWA,

and 3) technical information to help states and producers

understand options for nutrient management planning.

Note: the "Entire Manual" file is very large and will take a

long time to download.

Document Type:

Date Published: 02/13/2012

Entire Manual (PDF) (673 pp, 23MB)

Cover and Contents (PDF) (10 pp, 275K)

Chapter 1: Introduction (PDF) (5 pp, 779K)

Chapter 2: AFOs and CAFOs (PDF) (16 pp, 972K)

Chapter 3: Appropriate Permitting Strategies for CAFOs
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(PDF) (13 pp, 1.85MB)

Chapter 4: Elements of an NPDES Permit for a CAFO

(PDF) (51 pp, 3.07MB)

Chapter 5: Nutrient Management Planning (PDF) (53 pp,

4.9MB)

Chapter 6: Protocols for Land Application of Manure

Nutrients (PDF) (97 pp, 7.3MB)

Glossary (PDF) (18 pp, 262K)

Appendix A: Basic Soil Science and Soil Fertility (PDF)

(22 pp, 2.47MB)

Appendix B: Example Letters to Owners/Operators After

a Site Visit (PDF) (8 pp, 658K)

Appendix C: Example NPDES CAFO Permit Annual

Report Form (PDF) (6 pp, 1.1MB)

Appendix D: Example Nutrient Management Plan

Recordkeeping Forms (PDF) (18 pp, 1.4MB)

Appendix E: Minimum Depth of Rain at Which Runoff

Begin (PDF) (8 pp, 730K)

Appendix F: Voluntary Alternative Performance

Standards for CAFOs (PDF) (24 pp, 440K)

Appendix G: Winter Spreading Technical Guidance

(PDF) (18 pp, 672K)

Appendix H: NPDES CAFO Nutrient Management Plan

Review Checklist (PDF) (14 pp, 443K)

Appendix I: NPDES CAFO Technical Standard Review

Checklist (PDF) (5 pp, 287K)

Appendix J: NPDES General Permit Template for

CAFOs (PDF) (42 pp, 557K)

Appendix K: NRCS Conservation Practice Standards

(PDF) (18 pp, 232K)

Appendix L: Nutrient Management Planning Software

(PDF) (11 pp, 229K)

Appendix M: Nutrient Management Recordkeeping

Calendar Template (PDF) (50 pp, 6.7MB)

Appendix N: References for NPDES Permit Writers

(PDF) (8 pp, 196K)

Appendix O: Sample Site-Specific NPDES General

Permit (PDF) (122 pp, 3.7MB)
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Appendix P: Sample Nutrient Management Plan (PDF)

(32 pp, 1.2MB)

Policy on Using the Clean Water State Revolving Fund to

Finance Section 320 Comprehensive Conservation and

Management Plan Projects (PDF) (219KB)

CAFOs and stormwater programs that have been issued

Phase I or Phase II stormwater permits can not be defined

as nonpoint source pollution and can not receive funding as

a nonpoint source project. This memorandum clarifies that

they are eligible for funding if the project is included in the

state's approved National Estuary Program's

Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan

(CCMP). Section 320 for CCMPs addresses estuary

problems, and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund may

be used to fund any or all of the projects identified in the

plans to correct estuary problems. Examples of types of

projects include wetlands purchase, septic system

upgrades, stormwater system enhancements, and

agricultural waste management systems, including manure

containment ponds, loading, spreading, and injection

equipment.

Document Type: Policy and Guidance Documents

Date Published: 03/01/2001

Policy Statement on Scope of Discharge Authorization and

Shield Associated with NPDES Permits (PDF) (332KB)

EPA's position on the scope of the authorization to

discharge under an NPDES permit and the shield thus

associated with the permit authorization.

Document Type: Policy and Guidance Documents

Date Published: 07/01/1994

Pollutant Loading Reductions for the Effluent

Limitations Guidelines for Concentrated Animal

Feeding Operations

Supporting document for the CAFO Final Rule. Report

describes the application of the Groundwater Loading

Effects of Agricultural Management Systems (GLEAMS) to

determine the effects of various land application controls.

The report also describes the methodologies used to

calculate production area loads (EPA-821-R-03-007).

Document Type: Technical and Issue Papers

Date Published: 12/01/2002

Part 1 (PDF) (840KB)

Part 2 (PDF) (218KB)

Part 3 (PDF) (833KB)
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Proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Reporting Rule

Q&A Document (PDF) (4 pp, 146KB)

Frequently asked questions about the proposed rule.

Document Type:

Date Published: 10/14/2011

Proposed Revised Compliance Dates under the NPDES

Permit Regulations and Effluent Limitations Guidelines and

Standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

(PDF) (59KB)

This document proposes to extend certain compliance

dates in the NPDES permitting requirements and Effluent

Limitations Guidelines and Standards for CAFOs.

Document Type: Policy and Guidance Documents

Date Published: 01/06/2008

Questions and Answers about the 2008 Final CAFO Rule

(PDF) (6 pp, 174K)

This supporting document provides a series of questions

and answers relating to the 2008 Final CAFO Rule.

Document Type: Program Status Reports

Date Published: 12/03/2008

Regulatory Definitions of Large CAFOs, Medium CAFOs,

and Small CAFOs (PDF) (1 pp, 22K)

This fact sheet defines a large, medium, and small

concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO)

Document Type: Factsheets and Outreach Materials

Date Published: 05/18/2011

Search General Permits

EPA is gathering PDF copies of NPDES general permits

and fact sheets for major facilities issued after November 1,

2002. Click here to search and view general permits issued

by permit category, state, permit title, or permit number.

Document Type: Example and General Permits

Date Published: 11/01/2002

Spanish Version: Estrategia Nacional Unificada para

Operaciones de Alimentación Animal (PDF) (293KB)

The USDA-EPA Unified National Strategy for AFOs in

Spanish

Document Type: Policy and Guidance Documents

Date Published: 03/09/1999

Statement of Involvement between EPA and USDA about
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Implementing the CAFO Regulations (PDF) (2 pp, 146K)

Statement of involvement between the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of

Agriculture (USDA) on cooperating on the implementation

of the Clean Water Act regulations for concentrated animal

feeding operations (CAFOs).

Document Type: Program Status Reports

Date Published: 05/16/2003

Supporting Statement for the Information Collection

Request for the Final NPDES and ELG Regulatory

Revisions for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

(CAFOs). (PDF) (415KB)

Information Collection Request (ICR) for the CAFO Final

Rule (EPA ICR Number: 1989.02).

Document Type: Technical and Issue Papers

Date Published: 12/14/2002

Technical Support Document for the Revisions to the

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

Regulations for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

(PDF) (143KB)

Supporting document for the CAFO Final Rule. Support

materials for the final NPDES CAFO regulations including

affected entities and state costs (EPA-821-R-03-002).

Document Type: Technical and Issue Papers

Date Published: 12/16/2002

Unified National Strategy for Animal Feeding

Operations

Sets forth a framework of actions for USDA and EPA under

existing legal and regulatory authority to reduce impacts to

water quality and public health from improperly managed

animal wastes.

Document Type: Policy and Guidance Documents

Date Published: 03/09/1999

Executive summary and overview of the Unified National

AFO Strategy (PDF) (64KB)

Entire document (PDF) (404KB)

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