Section 327 IAC 19-14-6 - Manure application setbacksAuthority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-15-2-1; IC 13-18-10-4
Affected: IC 13-15; IC 13-18-10; IC 13-30
Sec. 6.
(a) Except as otherwise provided under this section, application of manure and process wastewater must be in accordance with the setbacks in Table 1: Manure Application Setback Distances, from Indiana NRCS Conservation Practice Standard 590: Nutrient Management, October 2013*, as follows: (1) All setback distances must be measured from the edge of the area of actual placement of manure or process wastewater on the land.(2) The property line setback distances in this subsection may be waived in writing by the owner of the adjoining property.(3) The setback is the width of the filter strip if a properly designed and maintained filter strip of at least fifty (50) feet in width is located between the application site and any of the following:(B) Any known private well.(C) The surface opening or lowest point of any sinkhole.(D) Any drainage inlet, including water and sediment control basins.(4) The setback is ten (10) feet if a gradient barrier is located between the application site and any of the following: (C) The surface opening or lowest point of any sinkhole.(D) Any drainage inlet, including water and sediment control basins.(b) To ensure that manure and process wastewater are not applied before, during, or immediately following a rain event that, when combined with soil conditions, would likely result in runoff, the owner/operator must take into account the: (1) weather forecast and likelihood of precipitation events for the twenty-four (24) hour period before and after the application; and(2) site soil conditions.(c) Land application sites must be inspected to identify any field tile outlets, grassed waterways, and surface water conveyance channels under or immediately bordering the land application site as follows: (1) Monitoring of identified field tile outlets, waterways, and surface water conveyance channels must occur during and immediately following land application of the manure or process wastewater based on: (C) volume and volume change; and(D) odor and change in odor.(2) If there is evidence of manure or process wastewater discharging from the field tile outlet, the land application must cease immediately and the flow must be stopped or captured. Any flow that is captured must be either land applied or returned to an approved manure storage facility.(d) The monitoring activities conducted in accordance with subsection (c) must be documented and placed in the operating record. *This document is incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from the Indiana NRCS State Office, 6013 Lakeside Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN 46278, online at http://www.in.nrcs.usda.gov/, or are available for review at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Legal Counsel, Indiana Government Center North, Thirteenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204.
Water Pollution Control Board; 327 IAC 19-14-6; filed Feb 6, 2012, 2:58 p.m.: 20120307-IR-327090615FRA, eff Jul 1, 2012Filed 7/12/2017, 8:47 a.m.: 20170809-IR-327160003FRA