Ohio Administrative Code › Title 901:10 - Livestock Environmental Permitting › Chapter 901:10-2 - Permits; Management Plans › Section 901:10-2-16 - Permit to operate and operating record requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) An operating record shall be generated as
			 part of the permit to operate and NPDES permit.
The operating records shall be maintained on forms identified
				by the permit and other forms approved for use by the department. The operating
				record shall be retained for a minimum period of five years, shall be made
				available to the director upon request, and shall record and document the
				following information:
(1) The manure
			 storage or treatment facility. Records required by rule
			 901:10-2-08
			 or
			 901:10-2-19
			 of the Administrative Code, including:
(a)
			 Measurements of manure volume and the depth of liquid manure in manure storage
			 or treatment facilities by the depth marker or other appropriate device as
			 approved by the director in accordance with rule
			 901:10-2-06
			 of the Administrative Code as required by paragraph (A)(4)(o) of rule
			 901:10-2-08
			 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, or, in the case of new sources subject
			 to the requirement in paragraph (C) of rule
			 901:10-3-06
			 of the Administrative Code, the runoff and direct precipitation from a
			 one-hundred year, twenty-four hour rainfall event, plus the levels of freeboard
			 as required in either paragraph (A)(4)(a) or paragraph (A)(4)(b) of rule
			 901:10-2-08
			 of the Administrative Code;
(b)
			 Records of inspections of the structural integrity and vegetative management
			 systems of the manure storage or treatment facility taken at intervals
			 specified in the manure management plan and including evidence of erosion,
			 leakage, animal damage, and problems of emerging vegetation.
(c) Records of measurements of storage
			 capacity remaining in the manure storage and treatment facility, based upon
			 inspections conducted at intervals specified in the manure management
			 plan.
(d) Records of inspections of
			 stormwater conveyances, diversion devices, runoff diversion structures, and
			 devices channeling contaminated stormwater to the manure storage pond or manure
			 treatment lagoon.
(e) Records of
			 inspections of the protective vegetative cover that is maintained on all
			 disturbed areas (lagoon or pond embankments, berms, pipe runs, erosion control
			 areas, etc.)
(f) Implementation
			 dates of those best management practices necessary to operate and maintain
			 settling basins, grass filtration or soil infiltration systems or diverting
			 clean water and roof water away from the production area.
(g) Records of groundwater sampling and
			 analysis and any surface water sampling and analysis. This also includes any
			 records associated with monitoring or sampling of subsurface perimeter drains
			 around manure storage or treatment facilities.
(h) Records required in rule
			 901:10-2-19
			 of the Administrative Code for the insect and rodent control plan.
(i) Records of inspections of water lines
			 located above ground and readily accessible or visible for daily inspection,
			 including drinking water or cooling water lines.
(j) Records of actions taken to correct any
			 deficiencies found as a result of inspections conducted in the production area.
			 If actions were not taken within thirty days of discovery, then the operating
			 record shall record the reasons explaining why corrections could not be made
			 immediately.
(k) Records
			 documenting the current design of any manure storage or treatment facility
			 including volume for solids accumulation, design treatment volume, total design
			 volume, and approximate number of days of storage capacity.
(l) Records of the date, time, and estimated
			 volume of any overflow or discharge from the production area.