Minnesota Administrative Rules

7020.0350 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ANIMAL FEEDLOTS AND MANURE STORAGE AREAS.

Subpart 1.

Registration data.

After January 1, 2002, the agency and all delegated counties shall maintain registration data for animal feedlots and manure storage areas. The registration data must include the information required in a Level II feedlot inventory as described in the Feedlot Inventory Guidebook and must contain the following:

A.

date the registration form was completed;

B.

name and address of all owners of the animal feedlot, manure storage area, or pasture;

C.

facility location according to township, county, section, and quarter section;

D.

permit or certificate number for owners who have been issued an agency or delegated county feedlot permit or certificate of compliance;

E.

types of animal holding areas including pastures, confinement barns, and open lots;

F.

number and types of animals in the areas listed in item E;

G.

identity of surface waters within 1,000 feet of the facility;

H.

presence and type of manure storage areas;

I.

shortest distance from an animal holding area or manure storage area to a well; and

J.

the name of the person that completed the registration form.

Subp. 2.

Owners required to register.

A.

Owners of the following facilities are required to register with the commissioner or delegated county, except as provided in item B:

(1)

an animal feedlot capable of holding 50 or more animal units, or a manure storage area capable of holding the manure produced by 50 or more animal units; and

(2)

an animal feedlot capable of holding ten or more and fewer than 50 animal units, or a manure storage area capable of holding the manure produced by ten or more and fewer than 50 animal units, that is located within shoreland.

B.

An owner of a livestock facility located on county fairgrounds is not required to register, in accordance with Laws 2000, chapter 435, section 10, paragraph (c), clause (6).

Subp. 3.

Initial registration schedule and requirements.

Owners required to register under subpart 2 shall comply with at least one of the following by January 1, 2002:

A.

the owner shall submit the information in subpart 1, on a form provided by the commissioner, to the commissioner or delegated county feedlot pollution control officer;

B.

the owner shall submit a permit application to the commissioner or delegated county after October 23, 2000; or

C.

the owner shall be listed on a feedlot inventory that:

(1)

is a Level II or Level III inventory as described in the Feedlot Inventory Guidebook that contains the information under subpart 1, items A and E to J;

(2)

is current as of October 1, 1997;

(3)

contains the information required under subpart 1, items B to D; and

(4)

has been submitted to the commissioner.

Subp. 4.

Registration requirements after January 1, 2002.

Owners of animal feedlots and manure storage areas who are required to register under subpart 2 shall comply with items A and B, as applicable.

A.

Owners of facilities not in operation prior to January 1, 2002, shall register with the commissioner or delegated county prior to or upon commencement of operation. Owners shall comply with at least one of the following:

(1)

the owner shall submit the information in subpart 1, on a form provided by the commissioner; or

(2)

the owner shall submit a permit application to the commissioner or delegated county.

B.

Owners shall update their registrations prior to the registration update deadlines which shall be established by adding four-year increments to the initial registration deadline of January 1, 2002. Owners shall register at least once during each of the four-year registration update intervals by meeting one of the following:

(1)

the owner shall comply with item A, subitem (1) or (2); or

(2)

the owner shall be listed on a feedlot inventory that:

(a)

is a Level II or Level III inventory as described in the Feedlot Inventory Guidebook that contains the information under subpart 1, items A and E to J;

(b)

has been updated within the applicable four-year registration interval;

(c)

contains the information required under subpart 1, items B to D and K; and

(d)

in its updated form has been submitted to the commissioner, including the information in unit (c).

Subp. 5.

Notification.

The agency or delegated county shall:

A.

notify owners at least 90 days prior to the scheduled registration update deadlines about reregistration; and

B.

send a receipt of registration to owners within 30 days of receipt of the registration by the agency or the delegated county.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115.03; 116.07; 122.23

History:

25 SR 834

Published Electronically:

October 27, 2003