As currently drafted, It could cover anything from a small pile of manure to a million gallon waste lagoon. The general permit should limit waste management structures based on probability of leaching. DEP developed the general permit through a task force from water, LUR, Department of Agriculture, etc. This general permit will help control it. A participant said that farms should be required to reduce water pollution, not be given a general permit because pollution is already occurring.
General permit needs more work before it is implemented.
Need to consider discharges from waste management structures too, not just their construction. DEP should not encourage destruction of wetlands. Yes, except that the DEP grant doesn t cover the freshwater wetlands permit fee to get an individual freshwater wetlands permit to build the structures paid for by the nonpoint grant. This is another reason the Department wants to give a general permit for these activities. Spring Developments GP-29 DEP is attempting to get livestock out of and away from the stream and its wetlands.