Illinois Administrative Code › Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part 502 - PERMITS › Subpart E - REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS › Section 502.510 - Nutrient Management Plan Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Any permit issued to a CAFO must require
				implementing a nutrient management plan by the date of permit coverage that
				includes, best management practices necessary to meet this Section and the
				applicable livestock discharge limitations and technical standards in 35 Ill.
				Adm. Code 501 and 502.
b) The
				nutrient management plan must specify and demonstrate:
1) The livestock waste application rate of
				nitrogen in a single year and phosphorus in a single year or multiple years,
				not to exceed the single-year crop nitrogen and single-year or multi-year
				phosphorus requirements for realistic crop yield goals in the
				rotation;
2) Adequate land
				application area for livestock waste application which may include:
A) land the CAFO owner or operator
				owns;
B) land the CAFO rents or
				leases;
C) land covered by a
				consent agreement between the CAFO owner or operator and the property owner;
				or
D) any combination of the land
				described in subsection (b)(2)(A) through (C);
3) Adequate storage of livestock waste,
				including procedures to ensure proper operation and maintenance of the storage
				facilities;
4) Proper management of
				mortalities to ensure that they are not disposed of in a liquid livestock waste
				or stormwater storage or treatment system that is not specifically designed to
				treat animal mortalities;
5) That
				clean water is diverted, as appropriate, from the production area;
6) That direct contact of confined animals
				with waters of the United States is prevented;
7) That chemicals and other contaminants
				handled on-site are not disposed of in any livestock waste or stormwater
				storage or treatment system unless specifically designed to treat those
				chemicals and other contaminants;
8) Appropriate site-specific conservation
				practices to be implemented, including, as appropriate, buffers or equivalent
				practices, to control pollutant runoff to waters of the United
				States;
9) Protocols for
				appropriate livestock waste and soil testing. Livestock waste must be analyzed
				at least once annually for nitrogen and phosphorus content, and soil analyzed
				at least twice every five years for phosphorus content. The results of these
				analyses are to be used in determining application rates for livestock
				wastes;
10) Protocols to land apply
				livestock waste according to site-specific nutrient management practices that
				ensure appropriate agricultural utilization of the nutrients;
11) Livestock waste must not be applied
				within the distance from residences provided in Section
				502.645(a) and
				within the areas prohibited from land application by this Part;
12) A winter land application plan that meets
				Section 502.630;
13) The plan for inspecting, monitoring,
				managing, and repairing subsurface drainage systems at the livestock waste
				application site. Inspecting subsurface drainage systems must include visual
				inspection before land application to determine failures that may cause
				discharges and visual inspection during and after land application to identify
				discharges. For this subsection (b)(13), visual inspection means a person
				inspecting the tile inlet, tile outlet, and unobstructed land surface to assess
				the structural ability of the subsurface drainage system;
14) A spill prevention and control
				plan;
15) Annual review of the
				nutrient management practices to be implemented and an update of the nutrient
				management plan when the nutrient management practices change;
16) Specific records that will be maintained
				to document implementing and managing the minimum elements described in
				subsections (b)(2) through (15); and
17) A description of the storage provisions
				and schedules provided for livestock waste when cropping practices, soil
				conditions, weather conditions, or other conditions prevent applying livestock
				waste to land or prevent other methods of livestock waste disposal.