Livestock Waste Management Practices And Legilation Outside Br

LIVESTOCK UASTE MANAGEltENT: LEGISUTION, REGULATIW & POLICY BY JURISDICTION
JURISOICTItXl LEGISLATION REGUMTIW POLICY & PROGRAMS ENFORCEf4ENT RE14ARKS
USA, Chesapeake Bay Agreement
Maryland
(cent ‘d)
- control ling ●xcessive farm runoff
- nutrient sanagesent strategies
utilizing winter covar crops
Innovation program includes ●
Nutrient Hanagemnt Consultant
tertificetim prcgram
● REFERENCES: JSUC VO1.49, No. 2, pg. SS, 1W4; l!sryland Nutrient )la~exsnt Program Brochure; Bertrand, 1992; Narrcd et al, 1W3.
USA, Cle8cI Water Law
Misswri ‘it is a violation to allou the discharge
of ● pollutant or contmi nartt to waters
of the State” without ●“’di scttarge par-it
.
- multistate cleanup pact
No waste ●1 lowed to mve off the owner, s Department of Natural Resources
property or cove directly or indirectly, issue permits, do on site
into surface or subsurface uetere of the evaluat ions
State letter of ppproval my be
C~liance rquirad regardless of size of withdrawn Jue to violaticfzs ard
oparetion permit say be aade mandatory
State permit rquiremnt dependent w size
of oparation
Based on numbar of anisals w site ●t
my one tiaa rather than annual producticm
Two types of parei t
- construct im approve 1
- operating ●pprova 1
Operating Approval letter i sauad when
“8s built” waste eanagenant systes eaets
specifications
SMller producer. say obtain a letter of
●pproval m ● voluntary basis for
protection free future ●nvirawntal
c~laints
federal Mrait - National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination Sy$tae Persit
- the stete istues a joint par-it
which fulfills both state and
faderal requirements
Nanures are considered a water
pellutant under the Clean Uater Law
Pasture (ivestock not included,
onty concmtratd animal feading
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