Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a) The owner shall document all Best
Management Practices (BMPs) used to comply with the required effluent
limitations. Equivalent measures contained in a site-specific swine waste
management plan prepared by NRCS may be substituted for the BMPs.
(b) The criteria for BMPs shall be
established in writing by the Department and shall include but not be limited
to the following:
(1) There shall be no water
quality impairment to public and neighboring private drinking water wells due
to waste handling at the facility. Wastewater retention structures or land
application of wastewater shall not be located within three hundred (300) feet
of an existing public or private drinking water well.
(2) Swine waste handling, treatment, and
management shall not knowingly or reasonably result in the destruction of
endangered or threatened species or contribute to the taking of any federally
endangered or threatened species of plant, fish or wildlife, nor shall disposal
knowingly interfere with or cause harm to migratory birds. The owner shall
notify the appropriate fish and wildlife agency in the event of any significant
fish, wildlife, or migratory bird or endangered species kill or die-off on or
near retention ponds or in fields where waste has been applied and which could
reasonably have resulted from waste management at the facility.
(3) Solids, sludges, manure, or other
pollutants removed in the course of treatment or control of wastewaters shall
be disposed of in a manner designed to prevent pollutants from being discharged
to surface or groundwaters of the State.
(4) The owner shall prevent the discharge of
pesticide contaminated waters into surface or groundwaters of the State. All
wastes from dipping vats, pest, and parasite control units and other facilities
utilized for the application of potentially hazardous or toxic chemicals shall
be handled and disposed of in a manner which prevents pollutants from entering
the surface or groundwaters of the State.
(5) Fresh water entering into contaminated
areas shall be managed to prevent contamination. Preventing the drainage of
fresh surface waters into or onto waste contaminated areas shall be
accomplished by one of the following:
(A)
Terracing and the construction of other diversion structures to redirect fresh
water drainage from entering waste contaminated areas.
(B) Rainwaters falling directly on waste
contaminated areas of the facility shall be collected and dispersed as a
waste.
(6) Actions as
deemed necessary shall be taken to retain all swine waste on the premises until
proper waste utilization is accomplished.
(c) The owner shall describe how each BMP
shall be implemented and complied with at the facility.
Added at 15 Ok Reg 102,
eff 10-13-97 (emergency); Added at 15 Ok Reg 2508, eff 6-25-98; Amended at 15
Ok Reg 4247, eff 9-2-98 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1717, eff 6-11-99;
Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1795, eff 7-1-08