Multi-StateCNMP Meeting
Karl Rockeman P.E.North Dakota Department of
HealthJill Helmuth, NRCS
ND Permitting universe• Approximately 70 CAFO’s• Over 600 small and medium
permitted operations– Mostly beef open lots– Some swine sow units– Few large dairies– Very little poultry
ND Advantages• Glacial Till• Large land based/few livestock• Phosphorous-poor soils• Low rainfall, high evaporation
ND Water Quality Rules• Rules for Large CAFO’s follow EPA
standards• Only Large CAFO’s required to have
permit– All operations(small-large) required to
prevent impacts to waters of the state
ND Water Quality Rules• 270 day minimum storage
requirement• Have additional groundwater
protection– 1/16 inch per day seepage rate– usually met with 2 feet thick compacted
clay liner – in situ soils may be allowed
ND Water Quality Rules • NMP’s required of all permitted
operations• Nutrient Management Plan
Requirements– Acreage requirement– Soil and manure testing– “typical” values
ND Air Quality Rules• Currently no Air Quality permitting
requirements– May be implemented due to federal EPA
action on GHG reporting
ND Odor Regulations- Nuisance laws• Apply to everyone• Odor readings taken on a complaint
basis• Location where odor readings are
taken based on– Applicable setback distances– Who was established first
• Prohibit odors 7 Odor Concentration Units (O.C.U) or higher, as measured with scentometer
ND Odor Regulations-Enforcement• Upon first apparent violation
– notice of the apparent noncompliance – establish an odor management plan.
• If another violation is documented more than 15 days after implementing the odor management plan enforcement action may be taken.– Violation must be documented by two
inspectors and by two readings each, taken at least 15 minutes apart but no more than two hours apart
ND H2S Regulations-Nuisance• Prohibits concentrations of H2S 0.05
ppm (50 ppb) or higher– Readings taken on a complaint basis at
the complainants property boundary or in public areas
– Violation if two readings taken at least 15 minutes apart, but within 2 hours, exceed 0.05 ppm (50 ppb)
ND Zoning Rules• Townships, then Counties have
zoning authority– Can only regulate nature, scope and
location– Can not impose environmental
requirements• Has been preempted by state law
• State has “fall-back” setback distances where no local zoning is in place
ND Section 319 Program• Provides cost share for conservation
practices through 20 watershed coordinators and 2 statewide coordinators
• Also includes education component through NDSU extension
• Provided $2.2 Mil/yr for practices including Manure management systems, cover crops, riparian areas and septic systems.
• $175,000 cap per system
Waterspreading Design• Balance nutrient load with plant
nutrient uptake.• Primarily level fields of alfalfa.• Challenge is to design the field to
spread water evenly.• Maintaining the even distribution into
the future?
CNMP Planning Process• CAP 102 – CNMP• NRCS payment for complete planning
of a system• Producer is eligible for future EQIP
payments for components of system.• ND NRCS has utilized one TSP to do
this work.• “Sticker Price”
Engineering Practices Installed 2010
• 313 Ponds – 18 (1 w/ liner)• 632 Solids Separator -7• 560 Access Road -12• 561 Heavy Use Areas- 5• 462 Precision Land Forming – 5• 362 Diversion - 12
EQIP Rates• 102- Conservation Activity Plan CNMP
$10K• 313- Waste Storage Facility – 365
days• 462- Precision Land Forming – feedlot
shaping- $1.26/cy• 561- Heavy Use Areas – capped at
$30K• 521D- Pond Lining, Clay – $5.32/cy
Research•Manure Mineralization•Manure Application Timing•Soil Effects from Manure Applications•Discovery Farms
North Dakota Discovery Farms• Intensive on farm runoff monitoring• Producer driven• Finding solutions• 3 sites- 2 AFO’s, one tile drainage• Based on Wisconsin Discovery Farms
– WIDiscoveryFarms.org– www.ndsu.edu/nm
Discovery Farms Pictures
Outreach Work•Manure Applicator and CAFO Operator’s School•Composting Demonstration Day•Field Demos•Animal Euthanizing/Carcass Management Clinic•Nutrient Management Website (www.ndsu.edu/nm)•Nutrient Management News
Outreach Work•Extension Publications• Composting Animal Manure• Manure Spreader Calibration• Pond Markers• Animal Carcass Disposal• Turkey Carcass Composting• Land Application of Manure• Manure Sampling• Feedlot Assessment Tool
ND Department of Health
Feel free to contact us with any other questions
Karl Rockeman (328-5225) Brady Espe (328-5228)
North Dakota Department of Health918 E Divide Ave 4th Floor
Bismarck, ND 58501Email: [email protected] [email protected]
www.ndhealth.gov
ND NRCS• Jill Helmuth PE
– Ag Engineer Bismarck State Office– 701-530-2086
• Ted Alme– Agronomist Bismarck State Office– 701-530-2079
NDSU Extension Service• Chris Augustin
– Nutrient Management Specialist– Carrington Research Extension Center– 701-652-2951– www.ndsu.edu/nm
• Teresa Dvorak– Nutrient Management Specialist-Livestock
Systems– Dickinson Research Extension Center– 701-483-2348