Once these plans are approved, the operation is 'deemed permitted'. Individual Permit As allowed by the .0200 Rules, DWQ can require a swine ILO to apply for an individual permit. The DWQ Director can do such when an existing operation is in noncompliance with Division rules or conditions of a general permit has proven to have an adverse existing effect on water quality, or is determined to have projected environmental impacts. ILOs that do not have an approved animal waste management plan can also be required to apply for an individual permit. Greater DWQ staff time and attention is allotted to the permit process for ILOs applying for individual permits.
Staff can require additional conditions of an operation having to apply for an individual permit.
Changes were made concerning ILO permitting, oversight and enforcement. The general permit clarified that the waste management plan was an enforceable part of the permit and that non-compliance would constitute a violation. This new bill and the general permitting system broadened the oversight of DWQ, as compared to how it was defined under the 'deemed permitted' system. DWQ now had the discretion to issue public notice or solicit public comment. Two annual inspections of ILOs were now mandated.