These rules will have a great effect on agricultural producers, whether they produce livestock, grains or other products. The following summarizes the agricultural provisions of these rules and provides the dates for local public hearings. Performance standards are the goals and overriding principles that must be attained by producers.
Technical standards are the methods to achieve the performance standards.
Therefore, the technical standards are developed around the performance standards. This rate is to be selected with locally selected formulas, tools or models. DNR defines areas susceptible to groundwater contamination as sinkholes or areas with less than three feet of soil to bedrock or groundwater. Runoff from buildings and fields shall be diverted away from feedlots, manure storage areas, and barnyards. No unlimited accesses by livestock to waters of the state in a location where high animal concentrations prevent adequate sod cover.