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 400 - MANURE BROKER/LAND APPLIER OPERATIONS › Section 61-43.400.40 - Permit Application Procedures (Broker/Land Applier Management Plan Submission Requirements)

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A. A
				person who proposes to operate as a broker/land applier shall submit an
				application for a permit under this part. The following information shall be
				included in the application package.
1. A
				complete application form provided by the Department.
2. A Broker/Land Applier Management Plan
				prepared by qualified Natural Resources Conservation Service personnel, an S.C.
				registered professional engineer, or other qualified individuals, such as
				certified soil scientists or S.C. registered professional geologists. The
				Broker/Land Applier Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan shall, at a minimum,
				contain:
a. Brokering/land applying operation
				name, address, email, telephone number, county, and permit number (if
				applicable) and CAMM number (or if applicable, date of CAMM class);
b. Applicant's name, address, email, and
				telephone number (if different from above);
c. Broker's/land applier's name;
d. Dry Animal manure and other animal
				by-products Storage or Treatment Facility Information (if applicable):
i. Description of animal manure and other
				animal by-products storage and storage capacity;
ii. Description of animal manure and other
				animal by-products treatment (if any);
iii. Facility location description and the
				zoning or land use restrictions in this area (this information should be
				obtained from the county). The minimum separation distance required between a
				dry animal manure and other animal by-products treatment or storage facility
				operated by a manure broker/land applier and the lot line of real property
				owned by another person is 200 feet and 1,000 feet to the nearest residence.
				However, the Department shall evaluate each proposed site to consider
				increasing distances, when the amount of manure stored, treated, or processed
				at this facility is significant.
e. Animal manure and other animal by-products
				handling and application information shall be included as follows:
i. A crop management plan which includes the
				optimum time of year of the animal manure and other animal by-products
				application and how it relates to crop type, crop planting, and harvesting
				schedule (if applicable) for manure utilization areas in the State. This
				information should be used as a guide in the absence of more accurate
				information. The Plan Preparer may need to include this information for the
				different regional areas of the State, as necessary, to provide the broker/land
				applier with crop information for the entire State;
ii. Type of equipment used to transport
				and/or spread the animal manure and other animal by-products;
iii. Description of services provided by the
				broker/land applier (clean-out houses, transport manure and other animal
				by-products, drop-off only, land application, incorporation of manure and other
				animal by-products into field, stacking or storing manure and other animal
				by-products, manure and other animal by-products treatment, etc.);
iv. Example of the contract or letter of
				intent to buy or accept animal manure and other animal by-products between the
				broker/land applier and the producer who is supplying the animal manure and
				other animal by-products; and
v.
				Example of the manure transfer contract to be used for the transfer of animal
				manure and other animal by-products between the broker and the person(s) who is
				accepting or purchasing the animal manure and other animal by-products. The
				Department has developed a Manure transfer contract that can be used or the
				broker may develop his own contract as long as it contains the minimum
				information outlined in part 400.60.B.12.
3. The Broker/Land Applier Management Plan
				shall contain an odor abatement plan for the dry animal manure and other animal
				by-products storage or treatment facility or manure utilization areas, as
				appropriate.
4. A Vector Abatement
				Plan shall be developed for the dry animal manure and other animal by-products
				storage or treatment facility or land application areas (if
				applicable).
5. A soil monitoring
				plan shall be developed for all broker/land applier operations.
6. Plans and specifications for the
				construction and operation of all manure and other animal by-products treatment
				or storage structures, such as composters or manure storage sheds that are to
				be owned and operated by the brokering/land applying operation.
7. Adjoining property owners written
				agreement for reduction of setbacks for any manure storage and/or treatment
				facilities (if applicable).
8.
				Application fee and first year's operating fee as established by
				R.61-30.