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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 35. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry |
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Chapter 17. Water Quality |
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Subchapter 3. Swine Feeding Operations |
SECTION 35:17-3-20. Best Management Practices (BMPs)
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- (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.