South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-43 - STANDARDS FOR THE PERMITTING OF AGRICULTURAL ANIMAL FACILITIES › Part 500 - INTEGRATOR REGISTRATION PROGRAM › Section 61-43.500.20 - Submittal Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A. Each
				integrating company that contracts with animal producers that operate
				facilities located within the State shall submit to the Department a Request
				for Registration form, as provided by the Department. The Integrator shall work
				with the Department to identify growers that are unpermitted. The Department
				may schedule an annual inspection in order to review grower lists and identify
				unpermitted farms. The integrator shall provide the Department any additional
				information needed to contact unpermitted growers contracting with their
				company.
B. Animal Manure Analysis
				Information. If the producers that contract with the integrator use the same
				feed rations and have dry animal manure analyses that come out to be
				consistently the same, they may qualify to use one (1) analysis for their
				individual testing requirement. However, if any of these producers utilize a
				different feed ration, utilize a significant amount of medications as compared
				to the others, or use any other inconsistent bedding materials, animal manure
				treatments, or vector treatments, they shall be required to run a separate and
				individual analysis on their animal manure. The Integrator is responsible for
				notifying the Department of any significant feed composition changes. This
				benefit shall not be available to liquid manure handling systems, since other
				factors specific to each site, such as rainfall, could affect the nutrient
				analysis of the manure.
C. If an
				integrating company can certify through general feed composition reports that a
				certain constituent, such as arsenic, is not present in their feed or
				medications, the producers that contract with that integrator may be exempt
				from testing for that constituent. The integrator shall submit a written
				request, along with general feed composition reports, and a list of growers who
				are using this feed ration. The Department shall approve this report in writing
				before the constituent can be removed from the analysis requirements. Each
				grower who is included in this exemption shall be notified in writing by the
				Department.
D. Swine Integrators
				must submit a plan addressing cumulative environmental and public health
				impacts of their contracted facilities with their first request for integrator
				certification. The plan must cover the integrator's existing contract growers
				and the projected three (3) year increase in the number of permitted facilities
				and swine. The plan must include:
1. The
				general area served by the integrator;
2. The number of existing swine facilities
				under contract;
3. The number of
				swine grown (broken down by facility);
4. The number of projected new facilities
				(broken down by facility size) with the total number of swine;
5. The integrating company's: procedures,
				protocols, policies, programs, required manure treatment and utilization
				technologies, etc. to ensure the cumulative impacts from their contracted
				facilities do not cause any adverse impact to the environment or public health;
				and
6. An assessment of the adverse
				environmental or public impact, if any, from the existing and proposed swine
				facilities under contract with the integrator.
7. The Swine Integrator must also provide to
				the Department any other supplemental information that may reasonably be
				required by the Department to assess cumulative adverse environmental or public
				health impacts.
8. The
				environmental and public health impact assessment plan must be approved by the
				Department before integrator certification can be granted. Once approved, the
				integrator may update the plan at any time. Also, the Department may require
				the plan be updated from time to time.