Effective April 1, 1999, the Department promulgated ADEM Administrative Code Chapter 335-6-7, which 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.
AFO/CAFO Program Rules - ADEM Admin. Code R. 335-6-7
NRCS Field Office Technical Guide, Section IV, Standards and Specifications - Conservation Practice Standards, Job Sheets, and Guide Sheets (information may take several minutes to retrieve)
http://efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/treemenuFS.aspx
Agricultural Waste Management Field Handbook - National Engineering Handbook Series (NEHS), Part 651 (information may take several minutes to retrieve)
http://directives.sc.egov.usda.gov/viewerFS.aspx?hid=21430
CAFO Registration Postings:
Proposed CAFO registrations are posted to the Pending Registrations report above. Approved registrations are posted to the Approved Registrations report above. The second column in each report contains the ADEM facility Master ID. To review the NOR open eFile and enter the ADEM Master ID into the Facility field and click the Master ID radial button. To obtain a copy of a WMSP or comment on the NOR, please email
fieldmail@adem.alabama.gov.
After receipt of a complete registration and review by the Department, the Department determines whether to approve or deny the request for registration. In the event the registration is approved, within 30-days after the registration approval date, any interested party, as provided in Code of Alabama 1975, §22-22A-7(c), as amended, may appeal the registration approval to the Environmental Management Commission.
ADEM Comprehensive WMSP Information Review Checklist
QCP Preparation/Review/Update Certification of ADEM Required WMSP
ACES AFO-CAFO Annual Inspection-Certification R-5 Form
ACES AFO-CAFO Record Keeping Forms and Other Helpful Information
ADEM AFO/CAFO Construction Stormwater Requirements
CBMPP - Alabama Handbook for Erosion Control, Sediment Control and Stormwater Management on Construction Sites and Urban Areas
ADAI-ADEM Authorized Methods of Poultry Mortality Management
ADAI Poultry Regulation Information
Approval Procedures, Registration Form and List of Approved Incinerators
ADEM Land Division Emergency Disposal of Solid Waste
AFO/CAFO Required Buffer/Setback Distances
Continuing Education Requirements for CAFOs
EPA AFO/CAFO Regulations
AFO/CAFO Nutrient Application Buffer Determination Water Quality Classification and Designation Map
(Visual representation only. See ADEM Admin. Code ch. 335-6-7 (AFO/CAFO Rules))
Licensed Well Driller AFO-CAFO Buffers Education-Outreach Information
ADEM Individual Water Well Closure - Decommissioning Information
NRCS Water Well Closure - Decommissioning Information
Land Application Weather Forecast Information
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/Weather.aspx?location=USAL0375
http://nsstc.uah.edu/alclimate/graphicalFcst/index.php
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
Contact Information
ADEM
Attn: Field Operations Division
Post Office Box 301463
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-1463
ADEM AFO/CAFO Program Staff Service Areas
Telephone Number : (334) 394-4311
fieldmail@adem.alabama.gov