Livestock and poultry farmers

Where is the farm?

Free checklist of the nine elements a CAFO nutrient management plan must cover, with soils and nearby waters mapped. Rates come from your soil tests.

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ePlan fills in

  • Soils
  • Streams near fields
  • Impaired waters

How it works

Nutrient management plan checklist, from one answer

  1. Pin the farm and enter your animals.
  2. ePlan maps soils, streams and impaired waters and lists the nine plan elements. Application rates come from your tests and a planner.
  3. Read the free checklist. Store fuel on the farm? Start an SPCC plan draft.

What you get

Nutrient management plan 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

Nutrient management plan checklist (free)

  1. Adequate storage of manure, litter and process wastewater
  2. Proper management of mortalities
  3. Clean water diverted from the production area
  4. No direct animal contact with waters of the United States
  5. Chemicals kept out of manure and wastewater systems
  6. Conservation practices and buffers

Modeled on: 40 CFR 122.42(e)(1)

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SPCC plan

  1. Fuel and oil containers
  2. Secondary containment
  3. Inspections

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

9 elements

is the minimum a permitted CAFO's nutrient management plan must cover, from manure storage to records
Source: 40 CFR 122.42(e)(1), eCFR

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.

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Questions

Nutrient Management Plan: what people ask

What must a CAFO nutrient management plan include?

At least nine things: manure and wastewater storage, mortality management, clean water diversion, keeping animals out of waters, keeping chemicals out of manure systems, conservation practices and buffers, testing protocols, land application protocols, and records.

Source: ecfr.gov

Is my farm a large CAFO?

Large CAFOs confine at least 700 mature dairy cows, 1,000 veal calves, 1,000 other cattle, 2,500 swine of 55 pounds or more, 10,000 smaller swine, or 500 horses, among other thresholds.

Source: ecfr.gov

Will USDA pay for a plan I write myself?

USDA pays only for technical services that meet NRCS standards, so a plan for a USDA program has to follow them.

Source: ecfr.gov

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