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: KRockema@nd.gov BEspe@nd.gov

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