Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) is regulated in 40 CFR Part 412
and Arkansas Pollution Control Regulation No. 6.
In
2003 the Arkansas General Assembly enacted laws that require that:
poultry growers register their operations with the Arkansas Soil
and Water Conservation Commission (ASWCC); growers and dry litter
applicators follow special application rules in "nutrient surplus
areas: in northwestern Arkansas; and those who develop nutrient management
plans or who land-apply dry liter in or from nutrient surplus areas
must be certified by ASWCC.
The
waste and the soil to which the waste is to be applied is analyzed
for the following:
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