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Final - Managing Manure Guidance for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)

Technical guidance to help NPDES permit authorities (States and EPA Regions), permittees, and technical service providers implement our February 2003 revised Permit Regulations and Effluent Guidelines for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)

Fact Sheet - 1 page summary about the guidance

Guidance Document

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Complete Document (PDF w/ bookmarks, 7mb, 220 pages)

Sectioned Chapters

Cover and table of contents (PDF, 175kb, 9 pages)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF, 279kb, 6 pages)
Chapter 2 - Operation, maintenance, and recordkeeping requirements for the production area (PDF, 821kb, 29 pages)
Chapter 3 - Preparing for land application of manure, litter, or wastewater (PDF, 94kb, 4 pages)
Chapter 4 - Operation, maintenance, and recordkeeping requirements for the land application area (PDF, 533kb, 25 pages)
Chapter 5 - Voluntary performance standards for CAFOs (PDF, 1.1mb, 22 pages)
Chapter 6 - Developing and using technical standards for the land application of manure, litter, and process wastewater (PDF, 196kb, 14 pages)
Chapter 7 - Avoiding common deficiencies (PDF, 109kb, 5 pages)
- Example onsite check list (PDF, 1.7mb, 10 pages)
Chapter 8 - Additional resources (PDF, 125kb, 7 pages)

Sectioned Appendicies

Appendix A - Effluent limitations guidelines and standards for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (PDF, 165kb, 10 pages)
Appendix B- Sample owner/operator inspection checklist for a large CAFO (PDF, 88kb, 1 page)
Appendix C - Sample recordkeeping checklist for the production area and land application area at a large CAFO (PDF, 112kb, 3 pages)
Appendix D - Measuring the amount of animal waste (PDF, 196kb, 4 pages)
Appendix E - Animal waste sampling (PDF, 159kb, 5 pages)
Appendix F - Soil sampling and testing (PDF, 109kb, 4 pages)
Appendix G - Leaching index (PDF, 81kb, 2 pages)
Appendix H - Phosphorus index (PDF, 108kb, 3 pages)
Appendix I - Agronomic nutrient application rate (PDF, 139kb, 5 pages)
Appendix J - Calibrating animal wate spreaders and irrigators (PDF, 107kb, 6 pages)
Appendix K - Soil loss (erosion) (PDF, 96kb, 1 page)
Appendix L - Winter spreading technical guidance (PDF, 505kb, 19 pages)
Appendix M - Minimum depth of rain at which runoff begins (PDF, 577kb, 6 pages)
Appendix N - Recommended best management practices (BMPs) and conservation practice standards (PDF, 78kb, 2 pages)
Appendix O - Example technical standard (PDF, 181kb, 15 pages)
Appendix P - Calculations for estimating median annual overflow volumes and annual average discharge of pollutants (PDF, 78kb, 3 pages)

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