Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-18a-19 - Operation of swine waste management and swine pollution control systems
(a) Each swine
waste management system and swine pollution control system shall be designed,
constructed, maintained, and operated to prevent pollution of waters of the
state and to protect public health and the environment.
(b) Each swine waste management system and
each swine pollution control system shall be operated according to the plans
approved by the secretary.
(c)
When a liner is installed or constructed, the operator shall maintain the liner
to comply with the minimum standards of design, construction, and maintenance.
When soil liners are utilized, no trees or other deeprooted vegetation shall be
allowed to grow within 100 feet of the liner. Any mechanical or structural
damage to the liner shall be reported to the department within two workdays of
identification and shall be repaired in a time frame approved by the secretary
and designed to protect public health and the environment.
(d) Each operator shall haul or transport
swine or process wastes to land application sites in a manner that prevents
loss or spillage during transport.
(e) When land application of swine or other
process wastes is practiced, the application shall be conducted at agronomic
rates.
(f) Irrigation practices
shall be managed to minimize ponding or puddling of swine or other process
wastes at the land application site. Irrigation practices shall be managed to
ensure that swine or other process wastes are not discharged from the
application sites.
(g) Adequate
equipment and land application areas shall be available for removal of swine or
other process wastes and contaminated storm water runoff from the swine
facility to comply with the provisions of the permit and these regulations.
(h)
(1) Unless approved in advance by the
secretary, liquid waste, concentrated liquid swine waste, or other liquid
process waste shall not be land applied when the ground is frozen,
snow-covered, or saturated, or during a precipitation event. Land application
of swine or other process wastes during these periods may be authorized by the
secretary for use in filtering swine or other process wastes from retention
structures that are properly operated and maintained and that are in imminent
danger of overflow to surface waters of the state due to a chronic or
catastrophic precipitation event.
(2) Solid swine or other process wastes may
be applied to frozen ground only if the proposed application site and practices
ensure that the wastes will be retained at the application site.
(i)
(1) Each swine operator, as required by the
facility permit issued by the secretary, shall conduct sampling and analysis of
swine or process wastes or sites utilized for the application of swine or
process wastes from confined swine feeding facilities, to determine nutrient
and salinity levels, to confirm utilization of the swine or process wastes at
agronomic rates, and to ensure that public health and the environment are
protected.
(2)
(A) Each swine operator of a swine facility
with 999 animal units or less shall sample the soil of each field identified in
the waste management plan for the swine facility if both of the following
conditions are met:
(i) The field is
identified by KDHE as located in a sensitive groundwater area or over the Equus
Beds.
(ii) The field has received
manure or wastewater in one or more of the previous five years.
(B) The sampling and analysis
shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures approved by the secretary.
The test results shall be sent to the department within 30 days of receipt of
the test results.
(3)
Each swine operator required to obtain a federal permit shall conduct soil and
waste sampling and analysis in accordance with the nutrient management plan.
Notes
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