What are the changes that will impact livestock producers?
• The basic concept has not been changed. That says that all manure and runoff from rainfall and snowmelt must be captured and kept out of streams except when a storm event exceeds the 25 year 24 hour storm for your area. Liquid manure storage tanks and basins must have a depth marker. • The regulation has been broadened so that poultry producers with dry manure handling systems are required to have a permit if they qualify according to size as defined in Table 1. • In Oregon, livestock operations which qualify as either medium or large CAFOs according to the federal guidelines (Table 1), have been designated a CAFO by ODA, or Have wastewater control facilities required to be covered under the Oregon CAFO General Permit. The Oregon CAFO General Permit holders must prepare an animal waste management plan which is a detailed description of facilities and operations with respect to containment, treatment, storage, and disposal of waste and wastewater. The plan also describes how complianc
