Pennsylvania horse and livestock owners

Where is your farm in Pennsylvania?

Free checklist for Pennsylvania's written Manure Management Plan and Ag E&S plan, for horse and livestock farms and any farm that spreads manure.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
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ePlan fills in

  • Parcel and acreage
  • Streams
  • Soils
  • Slope
  • Cropland and pasture

How it works

Manure management plan and Ag E&S checklist, from one answer

  1. Enter the farm and your animals.
  2. ePlan maps streams, soils and slope and fills the workbook sections.
  3. Read the checklist free. Storing over 1,320 gallons of fuel on the farm? Start an SPCC plan.

What you get

Manure management plan and Ag E&S checklist and 1 more document

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the SPCC Plan Template, Filled In for Your Site door.

The first draft

Manure management plan and Ag E&S checklist (free)

  1. Farm, animals and acreage
  2. Manure storage and stacking
  3. Spreading rates and timing
  4. Setbacks from streams and wells
  5. Pasture and barnyard management
  6. Ag E&S practices

Modeled on: PA DEP Manure Management Manual and plan workbook

Next · 2

SPCC plan

  1. Oil containers and capacities
  2. Containment and drainage
  3. Inspections
  4. Spill response

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

5,000 sq ft

of plowing, tilling or animal heavy use area disturbance requires a written Ag E&S plan in Pennsylvania
Source: 25 Pa. Code 102.4(a)(2)

Ready for the paperwork?

Draft a self-certified SPCC plan for a yard, farm or shop with 10,000 gallons of oil or less. Tanks, drainage and spill steps filled in. Free to read.

SPCC Plan Template, Filled In for Your Site →

Questions

Manure management plan and Ag E&S checklist: what people ask

Who needs a manure management plan in Pennsylvania?

All horse and livestock operations not covered by Act 38 nutrient management, and any farm that applies manure, must have a written manure management plan.

Source: extension.psu.edu

Does someone have to approve it?

No. A farmer can write it at little or no cost, it needs no approval, and it is kept on the farm.

Source: extension.psu.edu

When do I need an Ag E&S plan?

When plowing, tilling or animal heavy use areas disturb 5,000 square feet or more. The landowner and the person farming the land are both responsible.

Source: pacodeandbulletin.gov

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