(A) Waste treatment. The following regulations as to waste treatment and disposal shall apply to all intensive livestock operations:
(1) All facilities located at one site are to be considered as components of one intensive livestock operation.
(2) All proposed waste storage facilities shall be designed to provide a minimum storage for a period of 180 days of all animal waste, contaminated runoff and wastewater generated by the intensive livestock operation, based on the waste production and rainfall values as determined by Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service. Additional storage shall be required if terms of division (B) of this section should be applicable.
(3) All rainwater from roofs and other uncontaminated water shall be diverted away from the waste storage facilities.
(4) Wastewater generated by the intensive livestock operation, such as excess drinking water, clean-up water, milking parlor wastewater, milking house wash water, and the like, shall not be discharged directly to a stream or field tile; and consequently, must be discharged into the animal waste storage pit or treated in an alternate manner approved by the Plan Commission and the County Board of Health. Excess drinking water and milk house wash water may be treated with a septic tank or absorption system approved by the Plan Commission and the County Board of Health.
(5) Application equipment must have the capacity of spreading a 180-day accumulation of waste in 18 days. The time required for spreading a load of waste will vary, depending on the type of equipment used and the distance the waste must be hauled. In calculating the time required for emptying holding pits, a maximum of two loads per hour or 18 loads per day shall be used. Additional time should be provided if the application land is a distance away from the intensive livestock operation.
(B) Application lands. Sufficient applicant owned land or leased land must be available for spreading of waste from intensive livestock operations. If applicant relies on leased land for 50% or more of his required applicated lands, then the owner and/or operator of the intensive livestock operation must provide 270 days of storage to contain the waste throughout the growing season.
(C) Application rates. The following land area acreage application shall be followed:
(1) One acre of application land shall be available for each livestock per acre unit as set out in section § 152.146(A).
(2) Fifty percent of the application land must be within two miles of the intensive livestock operation buildings and must either be owned by the owner of the intensive livestock operation.
(3) If not, the owner of the intensive livestock operation must present and submit to the Plan Commission a long-term lease granting permission to apply waste on the leased ground that is used as application area.
(D) Application set-backs. For the complete table from this division, refer to Appendix C: Intensive Livestock Operations; Application Setbacks, at the end of this chapter.
(E) Application requirements in floodplain. All applications of manure in a floodplain shall be either by injection or, if surface applied, then the surface applied application shall be incorporated immediately into the soil no later than the end of each working day.
(F) Requirements for injection. In all cases of injection of manure upon land, the injection of the same shall be at a minimum depth of three inches and manure shall not be allowed to seep upon the surface of the soil.
(G) General requirements for incorporation. In the case of incorporation of manure in all zones set out in division (D) above, and in Appendix C, the manure shall be disked or plowed into the soil so as to completely cover the manure to prevent any runoff. In application by incorporation in other than a floodplain, the incorporation shall be accomplished, weather permitting, within a minimum period of 48 hours after application. However, application in a floodplain shall be accomplished no later than the end of each working day.
(Ord. 466, § 2-16.5-3, passed 5-11-98) Penalty, see § 152.999