Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Environmental Quality › Water Resources Division › Water Resources Protection › Part 21 - WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMITS › Section R. 323.2103 - Definitions; G to O

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 2103. As used in this part:
(a) "General permit" means a national permit
				  issued authorizing a category of similar discharges.
(b) "Guidelines," unless otherwise noted,
				  means the federal guidelines promulgated by the USEPA entitled "Part 124 -
				  Procedures for Decision making," 40 C.F.R. §124 (2004).
(c) "Illicit connection" means a physical
				  connection to a separate storm sewer that primarily conveys non-storm water
				  discharges other than uncontaminated groundwater into the storm sewer; or a
				  physical connection not authorized or permitted by the local authority, where a
				  local authority requires authorization or a permit for physical
				  connections.
(d) "Illicit
				  discharge" means any discharge to, or seepage into, a separate storm sewer that
				  is not composed entirely of storm water or uncontaminated groundwater. Illicit
				  discharges include non-storm water discharges through pipes or other physical
				  connections; dumping of motor vehicle fluids, household hazardous wastes,
				  domestic animal wastes, or litter; collection and intentional dumping of grass
				  clippings or leaf litter; or unauthorized discharges of sewage, industrial
				  waste, restaurant wastes, or any other non-storm water waste directly into a
				  separate storm sewer.
(e)
				  "Industry" means a private person, corporation, firm, plant, or establishment
				  that directly or indirectly discharges waste or wastewater into the waters of
				  the state.
(f) "Land application
				  area" specifically for CAFOs means land under the control of an AFO owner or
				  operator, whether it is owned, rented, leased, or subject to an access
				  agreement to which production area waste or CAFO process wastewater is or may
				  be applied. Land application area includes land not owned by the AFO owner or
				  operator but the AFO owner or operator has control of the land application of
				  production area waste or CAFO process wastewater.
(g) "Large CAFO" is an AFO that stables or
				  confines as many as or more than the numbers of animals specified in any of the
				  following categories:
(i) 700 mature dairy
				  cows, whether milked or dry.
(ii)
				  1,000 veal calves.
(iii) 1,000
				  cattle other than mature dairy cows or veal calves. Cattle includes heifers,
				  steers, bulls, and cow/calf pairs.
(iv) 2,500 swine each weighing 55 pounds or
				  more.
(v) 10,000 swine each
				  weighing less than 55 pounds.
(vi)
				  500 horses.
(vii) 10,000 sheep or
				  lambs.
(viii) 55,000
				  turkeys.
(ix) 30,000 laying hens or
				  broilers, if the AFO uses a liquid manure handling system.
(x) 125,000 chickens (other than laying
				  hens), if the AFO uses other than a liquid manure handling system.
(xi) 82,000 laying hens, if the AFO uses
				  other than a liquid manure handling system.
(xii) 30,000 ducks, if the AFO uses other
				  than a liquid manure handling system.
(xiii) 5,000 ducks, if the AFO uses a liquid
				  manure handling system.