Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Any livestock waste stored for more than
six months must be contained in a manure storage structure.
b) Temporary Manure Stacks
1) A temporary manure stack is a potential
secondary source, as defined by the Act. As a potential secondary source, a
temporary manure stack is subject to the minimum setback zones established in
Title IV of the Act.
2) A temporary
manure stack must not be located within 75 feet of any water well, except
monitoring wells.
3) A temporary
manure stack must be constructed or established and maintained in a manner to
prevent runoff and leachate from entering surface waters or groundwaters. A
cover and pad or other control must be provided to prevent runoff and leachate
from entering surface waters and groundwater.
c) Livestock Waste-Holding Facilities
1) Liquid manure-holding tanks must be
impermeable and capable of withstanding pressures and loadings to which those
tanks may be subjected.
2) Holding
ponds and lagoons must be impermeable or so sealed as to prevent groundwater or
surface water pollution.
3) For
livestock management facilities and livestock waste-handling facilities that
are not required to obtain an NPDES permit, the contents of livestock
waste-handling facilities must be kept at levels such that there is adequate
storage capacity so that an overflow does not occur except in the case of
precipitation exceeding a 25-year 24-hour storm.
4) Liquid Livestock Waste
A) Existing livestock management facilities
that handle the waste in a liquid form must have adequate storage capacity in a
liquid manure-holding tank, lagoon, holding pond, or any combination so as not
to cause air or water pollution as defined in the Act or applicable
regulations. If inadequate storage time causes or threatens to cause a
violation of the Act or applicable regulations, the Agency may require that
additional storage time be provided. In those cases, interim pollution
prevention measures may be required by the Agency.
B) New livestock waste-handling facilities
that handle the waste in a liquid form must provide a minimum of 120-day
storage with a liquid manure-holding tank, lagoon, holding pond, or any
combination unless the operator has justifiable reasons substantiating that a
lesser storage volume is adequate. If inadequate storage volumes cause or
threaten to cause a violation of the Act or applicable regulations, the Agency
may require corrective measures.
d) Runoff Field Application Systems
Any livestock management facility not meeting the definition
of a CAFO in Section 501.238 may construct and
operate a runoff field application system for treating livestock waste from
fewer than 300 animal units, complying with 35 Ill. Adm. Code 570, in lieu of
utilizing liquid manure-holding tanks, holding ponds, or lagoons in compliance
with subsection (c) or other livestock waste-handling systems that would assure
compliance with the Act and this Subtitle E.
e) Subsections (a) through (d) do not apply
to livestock management facilities with fifty (50) or fewer animal units if the
following conditions exist:
1) The facility's
location relative to the waters of the State is such that there is no discharge
of livestock waste into the waters of the State, in violation of Section 12 of
the Act;
2) There is no discharge
of livestock waste into the waters of the State through a human-made ditch,
flushing system, or similar human-made device, in violation of Section 12 of
the Act; and
3) The facility is
managed so that livestock waste is not allowed to accumulate to an extent that
threatens to cause a discharge into the waters of the State, in violation of
Section 12 of the Act.
