Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
Title 130 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 14 - NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLAN REQUIREMENTS, FIELD ASSESSMENTS, AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Section 130-14-002
Current through March 20, 2024
Any permit issued pursuant to these regulations shall include terms requiring implementation of a nutrient management plan that, at a minimum, contains best management practices necessary to meet the requirements of this chapter and applicable effluent limitations and standards. The permit terms for the nutrient management plan are the information, protocols, procedures, best management practices, and other conditions in the nutrient management plan determined by the Director to be necessary to meet the following elements:
002.01 Ensure adequate storage of manure, litter, and process wastewater, including procedures to ensure proper operation and maintenance of the storage facilities;
002.02 Ensure proper management of mortalities (i.e., dead animals) to ensure that they are not disposed of in a liquid manure, storm water, or process wastewater storage or treatment system that is not specifically designed to treat animal mortalities;
002.03 Ensure that clean water is diverted, as appropriate, from the production area;
002.04 Prevent direct contact of confined animals with waters of the State;
002.05 Ensure that chemicals and other contaminants handled on-site are not disposed of in any manure, litter, process wastewater, or storm water storage or treatment system unless specifically designed to treat such chemicals and other contaminants;
002.06 Identify appropriate site specific conservation practices to be implemented, including as appropriate buffers or equivalent practices, to control runoff of pollutants to waters of the State;
002.07 Identify protocols for appropriate testing of manure, litter, process wastewater, and soil;
002.08 Establish protocols to land apply manure, litter or process wastewater in accordance with site specific nutrient management practices that ensure appropriate agricultural utilization of the nutrients in the manure, litter or process wastewater using either a narrative rate approach or a linear approach described in section 003 below; and
002.09 Identify specific records that will be maintained to document the implementation and management of the minimum elements described in this section.
