Fact Sheet

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Fact Sheet 23 Transfer of Manure or Wastewater
Off Farm

• By Joe Harrison, Washington State University

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Transfer of Manure or Wastewater Off Farm
One of the requirements unique to large CAFOs is
to keep a record of transfer of manure or
wastewater to other persons.
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Producer Checklist

• Step 1. Prior to transferring manure, wastewater,
  
• or litter to other persons, a large CAFO
• must provide the recipient with the most
• current nutrient analysis.
• The required analyses are nitrogen and
  phosphorus.

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Producer Checklist (cont'd)

• Step 2. The following records must be kept and
  maintained for five years
• Date
• Recipient name and address
• Approximate amount of manure, litter, or
• wastewater transferred (see record sheet with
  Fact Sheet 23)

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Producer Checklist (cont'd)
Annual Report Record Sheet  

Annual Report Record Sheet
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Producer Checklist (cont'd)

• Step 3. Check with local county and state
  agencies for additional records or requirements.

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Definition of Terms

• AFOAnimal Feeding Operation
• CAFOConcentrated Animal Feeding Operation
• NPDESNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination
  System

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Author
Joe Harrison, a Nutrient Management Specialist
at Washington State University, can be reached
at harrison_at_puyallup.wsu.
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Reviewers

• The author wishes to thank Wendy Powers, Iowa
  State University Nora Mena, Washington State
  Department of Agriculture David Schmidt,
  University of Minnesota and John Gillies,
  Washington State Natural Resource Conservation
  Service, for their review of this fact sheet.

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For More Information
Environmental Regulations Related ResourcesEPA
CAFO Phone Line202-564-0766 http//www.epa.gov/np
des/caforule/To obtain copy of
regulations http//www.epa.gov/npdes/afo/statecont
acts/To obtain state environmental agency
contacts http//www.epa.gov/agriculture/animals.ht
ml/To obtain compliance assistance information
from EPA http//cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/contacts.cfm?p
rogram_id7typeREGION/To obtain EPA Region
Animal Feeding Operation contacts
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For More Information (cont'd)

• Land-Grant University Resources
• The local contact for your land-grant university
  Cooperative Extension program is listed in the
  phone book under "Cooperative Extension" or
  "(county name) County Cooperative Extension."
• http//www.reeusda.gov/1700/statepartners/usa.htm/
  To obtain state Cooperative Extension contacts
• http//www.lpes/To view the Livestock and
  Poultry Environ-mental Stewardship (LPES)
  curriculum resources

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For More Information (cont'd)

• USDA Farm Bill Resources
• To obtain more information about the Farm Bill
  2002, see the USDA-NRCS website at the following
  URL http//www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/20
  02/.
• You can also contact your local USDA Service
  Center, listed in the phone book under "U.S.
  Department of Agriculture," or your local
  conservation district.

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Funding

• This material is based upon work supported by
  the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
  Extension Service, U.S. Department of
  Agriculture the U.S. Environmental Protection
  Agency, the National Agriculture Assistance
  Center and the University of Nebraska
  Cooperative Extension, University of
  Nebraska-Lincoln, under Cooperative Agreement
  Number 97-EXCA-3-0642.