Idaho Admin. Code r. 02.04.15.020 - WASTEWATER STORAGE AND CONTAINMENT FACILITIES

01. Wastewater Storage and Containment Facilities. All beef cattle AFOs where process wastewater leaves the confinement area and has the potential to impact surface water or be in violation of state water quality standards shall have wastewater storage and containment facilities designed, constructed, operated, and maintained sufficient to contain:

a. All process wastewater generated on the facility during the non-land application season; and

b. The runoff from a twenty-five (25) year, twenty-four (24) hour rainfall event; and

c. Either three (3) inches of runoff from the accumulation of winter precipitation or the amount of runoff from the accumulation of precipitation from a one-in-five (1 in 5) year winter.

02. All Substances Entering Wastewater Storage and Containment Facilities. All substances entering wastewater storage and containment facilities shall be composed of manure and process wastewater from the operation of the beef cattle AFO. The disposal of any other materials into a wastewater storage and containment facility, including, but not limited to, human waste, is prohibited.

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Idaho Admin. Code r. 02.04.15.020

Effective April 6, 2023