Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901:10 - Livestock Environmental Permitting › Chapter 901:10-2 - Permits; Management Plans › Section 901:10-2-08 - Contents of the manure management plan: inspections, maintenance and monitoring

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
A manure management plan is a plan developed to minimize water
				pollution and protect waters of the state. The manure management plan shall
				include best management practices for reuse and recycling nutrients, prevent
				direct contact of confined animals with waters of the state, and ensure proper
				mortality management.
(A) The manure
			 management plan shall specify the frequency of inspections to be conducted by
			 the owner or operator at the manure storage or treatment facility;
			 and
(B) The owner or operator shall
			 maintain a list of equipment used, including land application equipment and a
			 written chronological record of the dates of inspections, maintenance,
			 calibration monitoring and repairs that shall be maintained in the operating
			 record required by rule
			 901:10-2-16
			 of the Administrative Code and be made readily available during an inspection
			 of the facility. These records shall also be made available at the request of
			 the director. All repairs shall be completed promptly. The department shall
			 inspect any major structural repairs; and
(C) The owner or operator must periodically
			 inspect equipment used for land application of manure, litter, or process
			 wastewater for leaks.
(D) At a
			 minimum, the following must be inspected, performed, monitored or maintained at
			 the manure storage or treatment facility and documented in the operating
			 record:
(1) The operating level of manure
			 treatment lagoons and manure storage ponds. The operating level must not exceed
			 the level that provides adequate storage to contain a precipitation event as
			 required in rules
			 901:10-3-02
			 to
			 901:10-3-06
			 of the Administrative Code, plus an additional one foot of freeboard.
(2) The operating level of fabricated
			 structures must not exceed the level that provides adequate storage to contain
			 a precipitation event as required in rules
			 901:10-3-02
			 to
			 901:10-3-06
			 of the Administrative Code, plus an additional six inches of freeboard, unless
			 the fabricated structure is designed and maintained for solid manure and is not
			 subject to precipitation.
(3) For
			 paragraphs (D)(1) and (D)(2) of this rule, the maximum operating level shall
			 not exceed that specified in the manure management plan.
(4) Inspect in order to confirm that domestic
			 and industrial wastewater from showers, toilets, sinks, medical wastes,
			 chemicals and other contaminants etc., handled on-site are not discharged into
			 the manure storage or treatment facility unless designed and permitted to do
			 so.
(5) Manure storage or treatment
			 facilities under the control of the owner or operator shall be inspected for
			 evidence of erosion, leakage, animal damage, cracking, excessive vegetation, or
			 discharge.
(6) Inspect liquid
			 manure volume weekly and note in the operating record the level of liquid
			 manure in manure storage or treatment facilities by the depth marker required
			 in paragraph (D)(15) of this rule.
(7) Document in the operating record
			 procedures to ensure proper operation and maintenance of liquid manure in
			 storage or treatment facilities, when manure and manure residuals are removed
			 from the manure storage pond or manure treatment lagoon. The owner or operator
			 shall take care to prevent damage to lagoon or pond dikes and liners when
			 manure residuals are removed.
(8)
			 Inspect to determine that all stormwater conveyances are maintained to keep
			 runoff from the surrounding property and buildings and stormwater shall be
			 diverted away from the manure treatment lagoons and manure storage ponds to
			 prevent any unnecessary addition to the liquid volume in these structures,
			 unless they are designed for such runoff containment. Identify appropriate
			 buffer strips or equivalent practices, to control runoff of manure to waters of
			 the state, and divert clean water, as appropriate, out of the production
			 area.
(9) Conduct weekly
			 inspections of stormwater or diversion devices, runoff diversion structures,
			 devices channeling contaminated stormwater to the manure storage pond or manure
			 treatment lagoon and note proper operation and maintenance in the operating
			 record.
(10) Inspect the protective
			 vegetative cover and any other approved means or materials for erosion control
			 to determine that cover is maintained on all disturbed areas (lagoon or pond
			 embankments, berms, pipe runs, erosion control areas, etc.).
(11) Ensure that any emerging vegetation such
			 as trees, shrubs and other woody species shall not be allowed to grow on the
			 pond or lagoon dikes or side slopes. Pond or lagoon areas are to be kept mowed
			 and accessible unless these areas are grassed waterways or buffers that manage
			 precipitation and runoff.
(12)
			 Surface water and groundwater protection.
(a)
			 Conduct annual sampling and analysis of ground water for nitrates and total
			 coliform from a well as described by paragraph (A)(2)(e) or (B)(2)(d) of rule
			 901:10-2-03
			 of the Administrative Code. In the event that a well does not already exist at
			 the facility and the operation is not an operation as described in paragraph
			 (A)(1) of rule
			 901:10-2-03
			 of the Administrative Code or is not served by a public water system as defined
			 by paragraph XXX of rule
			 901:10-1-01 of the
			 Administrative Code, then the owner or operator shall install a well at the
			 facility that is properly located, protected and operated. The well shall be
			 easily accessible for sampling and have an adequate water quantity for
			 sampling.
(b) The director may
			 require additional sampling, including but not limited to, ground water samples
			 from any additional ground water monitoring wells installed as required in
			 paragraph (C)(2) of rule
			 901:10-2-03
			 of the Administrative Code.
(c) The
			 director may require samples of manure discharges from the production area that
			 may occur.
(d) The director may
			 require monitoring or sampling, or both, of subsurface perimeter drains around
			 manure storage or treatment facilities; and
(e) Results of sampling and analysis shall be
			 documented in the operating record and, for manure discharges from the
			 production area, results shall also be recorded in the annual report submitted
			 to the director in accordance with rule
			 901:10-2-20 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(13)
			 Ensure proper management of dead livestock as required by rule
			 901:10-2-15
			 of the Administrative Code to ensure that there shall be no discharge of
			 mortality to waters of the state and no disposal in a manure storage or
			 treatment facility that is not specifically designed to treat animal
			 mortalities.
(14) Inspect drinking
			 water lines daily, including drinking water or cooling water lines that are
			 located above ground, readily visible or accessible for daily inspections, and
			 record in the operating record.
(15) All liquid manure in manure storage or
			 treatment facilities must have a depth marker or other appropriate device as
			 approved by the director in accordance with rule
			 901:10-2-05
			 or
			 901:10-2-06
			 of the Administrative Code which clearly indicates the minimum capacity
			 necessary to contain the runoff and direct precipitation of the twenty-five
			 year, twenty four hour rainfall event. In the case of new sources subject to
			 the requirement in paragraph (D)(1) of rule
			 901:10-3-06
			 of the Administrative Code, all open surface manure storage structures
			 associated with such sources must include a depth marker or other appropriate
			 device as approved by the director in accordance with rule
			 901:10-2-05
			 or
			 901:10-2-06
			 of the Administrative Code which clearly indicates the minimum capacity
			 necessary to contain the maximum runoff and direct precipitation associated
			 with the design storm used in sizing the impoundment for no
			 discharge.