ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS

Effective April 1, 1999, the Department promulgated ADEM Administrative Code Chapter 335-6-7, that defines the requirements Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) must meet to protect water quality. This chapter establishes an AFO compliance assistance and assurance program and a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) NPDES registration by rule program. Under the rules, all CAFOs are required to register with ADEM, and all AFO/CAFOs are required to implement and maintain effective best management practices (BMPs) for animal waste production, storage, treatment, transport, and proper disposal or land application that meet or exceed USDA - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) technical standards and guidelines.

• CAWV List
• QCP List
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Contact Information Listed Below

Related Links

For Record-Keeping Forms, Helpful Fact Sheets and Information related to upcoming AFO/CAFO operator/owner training and educational opportunities please contact:

ALABAMA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SYSTEM
http://www.aces.edu/aawm

For information related to the Certified Animal Waste Vendor (CAWV) program, animal mortality issues, and animal disease issues please contact:

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
http://www.agi.state.al.us

For information related to potential public health issues please contact:

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
http://www.adph.org

For information related to assistance with AFO/CAFO Notice of Registration (NOR) submission and cost-share opportunities please contact:

ALABAMA SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE http://swcc.state.al.us

For information on agricultural research and technology please contact:

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE - AUBURN UNIVERSITY http://www.ag.auburn.edu/

For information on AFO/CAFO technical assistance, technical standards and guidelines, and cost share opportunities, please contact:

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
http://www.al.nrcs.usda.gov

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AFO/CAFO Guidance

• Approval Procedures, Registration Form and List of Approved Incinerators

 

• AFO/CAFO Emergency Solid Waste Disposal

 

• AFO/CAFO Buffers

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Land application of animal wastes and other nutrients is required to be conducted in a manner that meets or exceeds Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) technical standards and guidelines, and complies fully with applicable ADEM requirements. The weather FORECAST and the FARMERS MAP prepared by the National Weather Service (NWS) at ADEM’s request is intended to assist farmers with implementation of applicable regulatory requirements.

Contact Information

ADEM
Attn: Field Operations Division
Mining and Nonpoint Source Section
Post Office Box 301463
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1463

Telephone Number : (334) 394-4311
Fax Number: (334) 394-4326