Idaho Administrative Code › Title IDAPA 02 - Agriculture, Department of › Rule 02.04.14 - RULES GOVERNING DAIRY BYPRODUCT › Section 02.04.14.010 - DEFINITIONS

Current through August 31, 2023
The following definitions apply in the interpretation and
				enforcement of this chapter: (3-31-22)
01.
Approved Laboratory
. A soil
			 testing laboratory that meets the requirements and performance standards of the
			 North American Proficiency Testing Program under the auspices of the Soil
			 Science Society of America. (3-31-22)
02.
Certified Soil Sampler
. An
			 individual qualified and approved by the Department to collect soil samples
			 according to the 1997 University of Idaho Soil Sampling protocols or other
			 method as approved by the Department. (3-31-22)
03.
Dairy Animal
. Milking cows,
			 sheep or goats. (3-31-22)
04.
Dairy Byproduct
. Solids and liquids associated with dairy animal
			 rearing and milk production including, but not limited to, manure, manure
			 compost, process water, bedding, spilled feed, and feed leachate.
			 (3-31-22)
05.
Dairy
			 Environmental Management System
. The areas and structures within a dairy
			 farm where dairy byproducts are collected, stored, treated, or applied to land.
			 These areas and structures may include corrals, feeding areas, collection
			 systems, conveyance systems, storage ponds, treatment lagoons, and evaporative
			 ponds and land application areas, but do not include pastures as defined in
			 these rules. (3-31-22)
06.
Dairy Farm
. The land owned or operated by a person as an integral
			 component of a Department-permitted grade A or manufacture grade facility where
			 one (1) or more milking cows, sheep, or goats are kept, and from which all or a
			 portion of the milk produced thereon is delivered, sold or offered for sale for
			 human consumption. A dairy farm does not include those lands that contain
			 non-dairy animals provided a physical separation exists from lands owned or
			 operated by the dairy, byproducts remain separate, and dairy animals are not
			 comingled with nondairy animals. (3-31-22)
07.
Dairy Storage and Containment
			 Facilities
. The areas and structures within a dairy farm where dairy
			 byproducts are collected, stored, or treated in conformance with engineering
			 standards and specifications published by the USDA Natural Resources
			 Conservation Service or by the AS ABE, or other equally protective criteria
			 approved by the Director. These areas may include corrals, feeding areas,
			 collection systems, conveyance systems, storage ponds, treatment lagoons,
			 evaporative ponds, and compost areas, but do not include pastures as defined in
			 these Rules. (3-31-22)
08.
Inspector
. A qualified, trained person employed by the Department
			 to perform dairy farm inspections. (3-31-22)
09.
Land Application
. Mechanical
			 spreading on, or incorporating into the soil mantle, dairy byproduct as a soil
			 amendment for agricultural use of nutrients and for other beneficial purposes.
			 Land application does not include pasturing animals as defined in these rules.
			 (3-31-22)
10.
Modification or
			 Modified
. Structural changes and alterations to the dairy storage and
			 containment facility that would require increased storage or containment
			 capacity or the function of the facility. (3-31-22)
11.
Pasture, Pasturing, and
			 Pastured
. For purposes of these rules, a pasture is an irrigated or
			 dryland field with forage plant growth covering a minimum of fifty percent
			 (50%) of the field. Pasturing and pastured is dairy animals and other animals
			 owned, leased, or otherwise under the control of the producer, grazing in the
			 same dairy farm pasture. (3-31-22)
12.
Permit
. A permit issued by
			 the Department allowing the sale of Grade A milk or manufacture grade milk.
			 (3-31-22)
13.
Phosphorus Site
			 Index
. A method to evaluate the relative potential for off-site movement
			 of phosphorus from a field or pasture based upon risk factors relating to
			 surface transport, phosphorus loss potential and nutrient management practices.
			 (3-31-22)
14.
Producer
. The person who owns or operates a permitted dairy farm.
			 (3-31-22)