Ohio Admin. Code 901:13-1-11 - Land application of animal manure
(A)
Each owner,
operator, animal manure applicator, or person responsible for land application
of manure from an animal feeding operation shall minimize pollution from
occurring on land application areas by following the standards in the "Field
Office Technical Guide," or other appropriate methods or management practices
approved by the director or the director's designee. In order to minimize the
potential for pollution the following items shall be considered, including but
not limited to: characteristics of the animal manure, available land,
topography, cropping system, method of application, weather, time of the year,
condition of the soil, other nutrients applied, and nutrient status of the
soil.
(B)
In watersheds in distress, each owner, operator, animal
manure applicator, or person responsible for land application of manure,
beginning two years after designation of a watershed in distress by the
director:
(1)
Shall not apply manure between December fifteenth and March first without prior
approval for each application from director or the director's
designee;
(2)
Before December fifteenth and after March first shall
not surface apply manure on frozen ground or ground covered in more than one
inch of snow. Before December fifteenth and after March first it is permissible
to apply manure on frozen or snow covered ground only when manure is injected
or incorporated within twenty-four hours of surface
application;
(3)
May land apply snowpack manure when there is greater
than four inches of snow or ice accumulation around animal feeding operations
providing that manure accumulation on the animal feedlot does not exceed the
volume accumulated with a three day scraping interval or one inch, whichever is
less. Plans for any land application of snowpack manure must be incorporated
into an approved nutrient management plan or each application shall be
submitted for approval by the director or the director's
designee;
(4)
Shall keep records of manure storage volumes and ensure
a minimum manure storage capacity of one hundred and twenty days on December
first of each year;
(5)
Shall not surface apply manure if the local weather
forecast for the land application area contains a greater than fifty per cent
chance of precipitation exceeding one-half inch for a period extending
twenty-four hours after the projected start of the land application of manure.
Records of the local weather forecast shall be kept and made available upon
request by the director or the director's designee. Local weather forecasts and
hourly weather graph information is available at www.noaa.gov
.
(C)
Upon designation
by the director of any watershed as distressed, each owner, operator, animal
manure applicator, or person responsible for land application of manure shall
minimize pollution from occurring from land application areas by following
applicable standards in the "Field Office Technical Guide," or other
appropriate methods or management practices approved by the director or the
director's designee. Failure to install or implement appropriate standards is a
violation of this rule regardless of whether pollution to waters of the state
has occurred.
Replaces: 1501:15-5-05
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 939.02
Rule Amplifies: 939.02
Prior Effective Dates: 11/01/1979, 05/01/1989, 05/07/1992, 11/15/1994, 10/03/2005, 12/23/2010, 12/31/2015 (Emer.), 04/01/2016
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
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