Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Article 21 - NUTRIENT UTILIZATION PLANS
Section 4-21-1 - Nutrient utilization plan defined; amendments to the plan; exceptions
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) A confined feeding facility for swine under Kansas law that has an animal unit capacity of 1,000 or more and whose waste is applied to land shall prepare a nutrient utilization plan for review by the secretary of agriculture. The plan shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary and shall be a plan that forecasts nutrient management from the date of submission through the next five years. The plan shall be updated annually, maintained at the office of the swine facility, along with the three previous years' versions of the records, and made available to the secretary of agriculture upon request.
(b) Whenever the term "waste" is referred to in article 21 of these regulations, it shall mean swine manure, swine wastewater, or swine manure and swine wastewater mixed together.
(c) Changes in conditions that warrant amendments requiring the secretary's approval to a facility's nutrient utilization plan shall include any of the following:
(d) Swine facilities required by law to prepare nutrient utilization plans shall submit any other amendments necessary to facilitate approval as requested by the secretary of agriculture.
(e) Any amendment described in subsection (c) or subsection (d) of this regulation to the plan shall be submitted to the secretary of agriculture and approved by the secretary before the application of waste.
(f) "Swine facility" or "facility," as used in article 21 of these regulations, shall mean a confined feeding facility for swine under Kansas law that has an animal unit capacity of 1,000 or more and that applies manure or wastewater to land.