Section 327IAC19-14-6. Manure application setbacks

   (a) Except as otherwise provided under this section, application of manure and process wastewater must be in accordance with the setbacks in Table A: Manure Application Setback Distances, from Indiana NRCS conservation practice standard 633: Waste Utilization, October 2007, as follows:

(1) All setback distances must be measured from the edge of the area of actual placement of manure or process wastewater on the land.

(2) The property line setback distances in this subsection may be waived in writing by the owner of the adjoining property.

(3) The setback is the width of the filter strip if a properly designed and maintained filter strip of at least fifty (50) feet in width is located between the application site and any of the following:

(A) Surface water.

(B) Any known private well.

(C) The surface opening or lowest point of any sinkhole.

(D) Any drainage inlet, including water and sediment control basins.

(4) The setback is ten (10) feet if a gradient barrier is located between the application site and any of the following:

(A) Surface water.

(B) Any known well.

(C) The surface opening or lowest point of any sinkhole.

(D) Any drainage inlet, including water and sediment control basins.

  (b) When planning land application, the owner/operator must take into account the:

(1) weather forecast and likelihood of precipitation events for the twenty-four (24) hour period before and after the application; and

(2) site soil conditions;

to assure that manure and process wastewater are not applied before, during, or immediately following a rain event that, when combined with soil conditions, would likely result in runoff.

  (c) Land application sites must be inspected to identify any field tile outlets, grassed waterways, and surface water conveyance channels under or immediately bordering the land application site. Monitoring of identified field tile outlets, waterways, and surface water conveyance channels based on:

(1) color;

(2) flow;

(3) volume and volume change; and

(4) odor and change in odor;

must occur during and immediately following land application of the manure or process wastewater. If there is evidence of manure or process wastewater discharging from the field tile outlet, the land application must cease immediately and the flow stopped or captured. Any flow that is captured shall be either land applied or returned to an approved manure storage facility.

  (d) The monitoring activities conducted in accordance with subsection (c) must be documented and placed in the operating record. (Water Pollution Control Division; 327 IAC 19-14-6; filed Feb 6, 2012, 2:58 p.m.: 20120307-IR-327090615FRA, eff Jul 1, 2012)