Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 900 - LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT FACILITY REGULATIONS › Subpart E - LIVESTOCK WASTE HANDLING FACILITIES OTHER THAN LAGOONS › Section 900.504 - Livestock Waste Handling Facilities Subject to the Public Informational Meeting Process

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
For a livestock waste handling facility, other than a
				  livestock waste lagoon, that is subject to the public informational meeting
				  process as outlined in Section 12 of the Livestock Management Facilities Act
				  [510 ILCS 77 ] and Subpart D of this Part, the following procedures shall be
				  followed:
a) The owner or operator
				shall file a completed registration with the Department, on a form provided by
				the Department, at least 37 calendar days prior to the anticipated dates of
				construction.
b) The registration
				shall include the following:
1) Name and
				address of the owner and operator of the livestock waste handling
				facility;
2) Location of the
				livestock waste handling facility;
3) General description of the livestock waste
				handling facility;
4) Type and
				number of animal units of livestock served by the livestock waste handling
				facility;
5) Specific location
				information noted on a facility site map or livestock waste handling facility
				plot plan:
A) The location and distance to
				the nearest private or public potable well;
B) The location and distance to the nearest
				stream;
C) The location and
				distance to the nearest abandoned or plugged well, drainage well, or injection
				well located within 1,000 feet of the proposed facility; and
D) The location of any subsurface drainage
				lines within 100 feet of the livestock waste handling facility;
6) Anticipated beginning and
				ending dates of construction [510
				ILCS 77/11(c) ];
7) Results of a site investigation conducted
				in accordance with Subpart C of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 506 to determine whether
				aquifer material is considered present (or not present) within 5 feet of the
				planned bottom of the livestock waste handling facility, the proposed facility
				is located in the floodway or flood fringe of a 100-year floodplain, and the
				proposed facility is located in a karst area or within 400 feet of a natural
				depression in a karst area. A livestock waste handling facility owner may rely
				on guidance from the local soil and water conservation district, the Natural
				Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture,
				or the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service for soil type and
				associated information. [510
				ILCS 77/13(c) ];
8) A certification statement from the owner
				or operator on a form provided by the Department. The statement, accompanied by
				supporting justification and data from a Licensed Professional Engineer or
				Licensed Service Professional Geologist or a representative of the Natural
				Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture
				designated to perform such functions, shall certify that the site investigation
				meets all the applicable requirements of subsection (b)(7) of this Section and
				Subpart C of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 506, and whether aquifer material is considered
				present (or not present) within 5 feet of the planned bottom of the livestock
				waste handling facility, the proposed facility is located in the floodway or
				flood fringe of a 100-year floodplain, and the proposed facility is located in
				a karst area or within 400 feet of a natural depression in a karst area;
				and
9) Construction plan of the
				waste handling structure with design specifications of the structure noted as
				prepared by or for the owner or operator in accordance with the requirements
				contained in Subpart C of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 506, including a livestock waste
				handling facility plot plan with dimensions and elevations. [510
				ILCS 77/11(c) ]