Each owner, operator or person
responsible for an animal feeding operation shall prevent pollution from
discharge of manure contaminated runoff from animal feedlots and animal manure
management facilities.
Animal feeding operations found by the
director or the director's designee to have failed to implement best management
practices (BMPs) to prevent manure contaminated runoff from feedlots and animal
manure management facilities and have caused pollution of waters of the state
shall design, construct, operate, and maintain practices to prevent runoff
(from feedlots and manure management facilities), according to the "Field
Office Technical Guide" or other methods approved by the director or the
director's designee. Pollution caused from a discharge of manure contaminated
runoff from animal feedlots and animal manure management facilities may be
prevented by best management practices including but not limited
to:
(A)
Constructing, operating and maintaining settling, grass filtration or soil
infiltration systems in accordance with the criteria in the "Field Office
Technical Guide" and as applicable, the "Ohio Livestock Manure Management
Guide"; or
(B)
Diverting land surface water and roof water away from
the feedlot and animal manure management facilities; or
(C)
Constructing roof
coverings over feedlots, manure storage areas and composting facilities;
or
(D)
Providing appropriate manure storage such that land
application of manure can be applied during periods of the year such that
manure contaminated runoff does not pollute waters of the state;
or
(E)
Maintaining vegetative cover and protecting stream
channels and areas adjacent to such channels from animal feeding operations;
or
(F)
Using any appropriate combination of paragraphs (A),
(B), (C), (D), and (E) of this rule.
Replaces: 1501:15-5-04
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code 901:13-1-04
Effective:
4/1/2016
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
12/31/2017
Promulgated
Under:
119.03
Statutory Authority:
939.02
Rule Amplifies:
939.02
Prior Effective Dates: 11/1/79, 5/1/89, 5/7/92, 11/15/94, 10/03/05,
12/23/2010
