Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 506 - LIVESTOCK WASTE REGULATIONS › Subpart C - STANDARDS FOR THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF LIVESTOCK WASTE HANDLING FACILITIES OTHER THAN LAGOONS › Section 506.304 - General Design and Construction Standards

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Livestock waste handling facilities must
				be designed and constructed according to the following requirements:
1) Storage and transport surfaces, other than
				those constructed of concrete, intended to come into contact with livestock
				waste must be constructed or installed to achieve a hydraulic conductivity
				equal to or less than 1 x 10-7 centimeters per
				second.
2) Storage and transport
				surfaces constructed of concrete and intended to come into contact with
				livestock waste must be constructed or installed to achieve a hydraulic
				conductivity equal to or less than 1 x 10-6
				centimeters per second.
3) Despite
				subsection (a)(1), storage and transport surfaces constructed at enclosed
				livestock waste handling facilities intended to house poultry that come into
				contact with livestock waste in dry or solid form must be constructed or
				installed to achieve a hydraulic conductivity equal to or less than 1 x
				10-6 centimeters per second.
4) The livestock waste handling facility must
				withstand the following loads:
A) Lateral
				loads due to soil and equipment, which must be obtained from Table 2 of the
				MidWest Plan Service Concrete Manure Storages Handbook, MWPS-36;
B) Lateral loads due to livestock waste
				scraping and handling equipment;
C)
				Lateral and vertical loads due to the handling and storage of livestock
				waste;
D) Vertical loads on tank
				tops, slats, and other horizontal surfaces, which must be obtained from Table 3
				of the MidWest Plan Service Concrete Manure Storages Handbook, MWPS-36;
				and
E) Vertical loads due to mobile
				equipment, stationary equipment, and structures housing the
				livestock.
5) The
				construction materials must be chemically compatible with the livestock waste
				being handled and stored and the supporting soil materials.
6) The livestock waste handling facility must
				be designed and constructed to prevent erosion and damage resulting from the
				transport, handling, and storage of livestock waste.
7) Existing subsurface drainage lines in the
				immediate area of the livestock waste handling facility must be removed or
				relocated to provide for a minimum separation distance of at least 50 feet
				between the outermost extent of the livestock waste handling facility and the
				subsurface drainage line.
8) The
				minimum separation distance between the outermost extent of the livestock waste
				handling facility and any potential route of groundwater contamination, as
				defined in the Illinois Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS
				5 ], must be at least 100 feet. In addition, the
				minimum separation distance between the outermost extent of the livestock waste
				handling facility and a non-potable well, an abandoned or plugged well, a
				drainage well, or an injection well must be at least 100 feet.
9) The design and construction of livestock
				waste handling facilities must include a backflow prevention device to prevent
				siphoning or gravity flow of livestock waste in the opposite direction of
				intended use.