Alabama Administrative Code › Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT › WATER DIVISION - WATER QUALITY PROGRAM › Chapter 335-6-7 - NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION REQUIREMENTS, WASTE/WASTEWATER AND WASTE PRODUCT TREATMENT, STORAGE, HANDLING, TRANSPORT, AND DISPOSAL/LAND APPLICATION, NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT, AND ANIMAL MORTALITY MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (AFOS) AND CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFOS) › Section 335-6-7-.20 - Plans, Specifications, And Technical Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) No AFO animal waste management system
				shall be constructed, modified, repaired, or placed into operation after April
				1, 1999 unless it is designed, constructed, operated, and maintained in
				accordance with final design plans and specifications which meet or exceed NRCS
				technical standards and guidelines as accepted by the Department, and the
				requirements of the AWPCA, CWA, and regulations promulgated pursuant
				thereto.
(2) No CAFO animal waste
				management system shall be constructed, modified, or placed into operation
				after April 1, 1999 unless certified by a QCP that it is designed, constructed,
				and can be operated and maintained in accordance with a WMSP which meets or
				exceeds NRCS technical standards and guidelines and as accepted by the
				Department, and the requirements of the AWPCA, CWA, and regulations promulgated
				pursuant thereto.
(3) Unless
				approved otherwise in writing by the Director pursuant to Rule
				335-6-7-.22, new well siting and
				construction, and new or existing well operation and maintenance, all waste
				management activities including but not limited to structural designs, system
				plans, waste storage, handling, and transport, nutrient management, land
				application, dead animal disposal including incinerator and freezer siting and
				operation, waste product disposal, construction erosion and sediment control
				BMPs, spill prevention control and countermeasures (SPCC) BMPs, other necessary
				BMPs required for good housekeeping, and implementation of waste management
				practices for AFOs and CAFOs shall be in accordance with this Chapter, the
				requirements of the AAPCA, AWPCA, CWA, and regulations promulgated pursuant
				thereto, and shall meet or exceed the technical standards and guidelines
				contained in the NRCS Field Office Technical Guide and other approved technical
				publications or documents as amended, for the year that the practice was
				implemented, to include:
(a) Conservation
				Practice Standards - Field Office Technical Guide, Section IV, Standards and
				Specifications, February, 1990, as amended.
(b) Agricultural Waste Management Field
				Handbook - National Engineering Handbook Series (NEHS), Part 651, April 1992,
				as amended.
(c) Alternative or
				innovative technology implemented in accordance with Rule
				335-6-7-.22.
(d) General best management and housekeeping
				practices implemented in accordance with Rule
				335-6-7-.21.