Ohio Admin. Code 901:10-2-13 - Contents of manure management plan: soil characterization
The manure management plan shall contain information on the soil of the land application areas. Soil samples shall be analyzed to plan for nutrient utilization at recommended agronomic rates and to minimize nutrient runoff to waters of the state. Soil shall be sampled and analyzed by utilizing the following procedures:
(A) At a
minimum, soil samples shall be taken to a uniform depth of eight inches and the
fertility analysis shall include: pH, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium
and cation exchange capacity.
(B)
Soil fertility analysis shall be conducted in accordance with Publication 221,
"Recommended Chemical Soil Test Procedures for the North Central Region;
Published by the North Central Regional Committee on Soil Testing and Plant
Analysis (NCR-13), North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station." A copy of
which may be downloaded at: http://www.bephosphorussmart.msu.edu/.
(C) Soil samples shall be representative of a
land application site with one composite soil sample representing no more than
twenty-five acres or one composite soil sample for each land application site,
whichever is less.
(D) The manure
management plan shall specify the soil sampling frequency in accordance with
the following requirements:
(1) A site that
receives manure shall be soil tested, at a minimum, once every three years
and
(2) If any land application
site is used by the owner or operator the land application site shall be
sampled at least six months following application.
(E) Results of the soil sampling events in
paragraphs (A) to (D) of this rule shall be recorded in the operating record in
accordance with rule
901:10-2-16
of the Administrative Code and shall include the location of the soil sample
collection site, the depth of the sample collected and the analysis.
(F) In developing appropriate manure
application rates for land application methods in accordance with rule
901:10-2-14
of the Administrative Code, the owner or operator shall use the Bray P1 soil
test level or equivalent appropriate phosphorus soil test, (Mehlich III, Olsen,
phosphorus retention test), or other test methods approved by the director. The
owner or operator shall choose a phosphorus soil test method and identify the
selected method in the manure management plan.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 903.08, 903.10
Rule Amplifies: 903.01, 903.02, 903.03, 903.08, 903.082, 903.09, 903.10
Prior Effective Dates: 07/02/2002, 09/15/2005, 01/23/2009, 06/08/2014
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