SENATE DRS15245-SYZ-23 (5/6) 

 Phosphorous Nutrient Mgt./Animal Feedlots 



1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 



2 AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL 



3 POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM vNPDES) PERMITS AND 



4 ANIMAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS GOVERNING ANIMAL FEEDING 



5 OPERATIONS TO MAKE THE STATE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS 



6 CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, AS RECOMMENDED BY 



7 THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION. 



8 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 



9 SECTION 1. G.S. 143-215. lOB reads as rewritten: 



10 "§ 143-215.10B. Definitions. 



1 1 As used in this Part: 



12 (1) "Animal operation" means any agricultural farming feedlot activity 



13 involving 250 or more swine, 100 or more confined cattle, 75 or more 



14 horses, 1,000 or more sheep, or 30,000 or more confined poultry with 



15 a liquid animal waste management s vst e m. svstem. or any smaller 



16 agricultural feedlot activity with a liquid animal waste management 



17 system that discharges to the surface waters of the State. A public 



18 livestock market regulated under Article 35 of Chapter 106 of the 



19 General Statutes is an animal operation for purposes of this Part. 



20 (2) "Animal waste" means livestock or poultry excreta or a mixture of 



21 excreta with feed, bedding, htter, or other materials from an animal 



22 operation. 



23 (3) "Animal waste management system" means a combination of 



24 structures and nonstructural practices serving a feedlot that provide for 



25 the collection, treatment, storage, or land application of animal waste. 



26 (4) "Division" means the Division of Water Quality of the Department. 



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