MODEL COVER SHEET
for NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLAN
for CNMP for CAFOs WITH CROPLAND
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION: In addition type and size of operation, include one of
the following, depending upon relevance.
1) If a new NOI as a CAFO; no CNMP developed in past & SCD is currently developing
CNMP: “Client’s name” has filed an NOI as a CAFO. This nutrient management plan will
become part of a USDA Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP) required as
part of a CAFO permit.
2) If a new NOI and updating the nm component of the CNMP previously completed:
“Client’s name” has filed an NOI as a CAFO. This nutrient management plan updates the
nutrient management component of a previously developed USDA Comprehensive Nutrient
Management Plan (USDA-CNMP) for a CAFO permit. It is “client’s name” responsibility
to provide a copy of this nutrient management plan to MDE.
3) If a new NOI, SCD is developing CNMP but CNMP will not be developed in time for
2012 growing season and operator must have a current nm plan to maintain interim
compliance: This nutrient management plan is required by MDE for all producers who have
filed an NOI as a CAFO to maintain interim compliance under the compliance schedule
signed with them. It is “client’s name” responsibility to provide a copy of this nutrient
management plan to MDE while your CNMP is being developed.
4) If registered under CAFO permit and nm component requires updating: This updates
the nutrient management component of a CNMP for an operation registered under the CAFO
permit. It is “client’s name” responsibility to provide a copy of this nutrient
management plan to MDE.
DATE OF PLAN: no modification needed
DURATION OF PLAN: no more than 1 year as manure must be sampled annually
SOIL SAMPLING AND TESTING: no modification needed
MANURE SAMPLING AND TESTING: who & when sampled; where analyzed, as in any other
plan where manure is utilized ADD: Manure must be sampled at least once a year.
MANURE MANAGEMENT: No modification needed; destination of exported manure can be
included in this paragraph.
BASIS OF RECOMMENDATIONS: no modification needed
PHOSPHORUS SITE INDEX (PSI): no modification needed
SOURCE OF YIELD GOAL INFORMATION: no modification needed
TIMING: no modification needed
Except for interim compliance situations
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: Information and requirements for implementation of Best
Management Practices are addressed in the conservation plan component of your CNMP.
For interim compliance situation (#3 above)
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES: Information and requirements for implementation of Best
Management Practices are addressed your Soil Conservation Water Quality Plan.
NUTRIENT APPLICATION EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION: Application equipment must be
calibrated annually to estimate actual application rates for all nutrient applications. Equipment
must be recalibrated when equipment settings, ground speed, consistency or density of a product
varies from the original calibration. Documentation of the calibrations must be recorded and made
available during an implementation review conducted by EPA, MDE or MDA. This documentation
must include any of the necessary calculations to attain the nutrient rate that was determined.
RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS: The Water Quality Improvement Act requires that
producers maintain records on manure management, animal numbers, manure quantity and manure
and fertilizer applications. The operator must keep records of the quantity, date, and destination of
litter as it is removed from the production houses to either storage sheds or off-farm locations. The
Litter Removal Data Sheet in the Recordkeeping section of this plan can be used for tracking
movement of litter.
Refer to the General Discharge Permit for Animal Feeding Operations for information for
the type of records that are required by MDE and EPA.
SETBACK REQUIREMENTS:
Setbacks (areas where manure may not be applied) are required as follows:
a. A setback of at least 100’ from waters of the State, including field ditches, other conduits,
intermittent streams, and drinking water wells, shall be maintained, or an approved alternative;
b. A setback of at least 100’ from property lines shall be maintained, unless an approved alternative
setback for property lines is established with the consent of the adjacent property owner.
MDE has approved alternatives to setbacks from waters of the State. These are listed in the
document “Maryland Setback Standards and Approved Alternatives Consistent with CAFO/MAFO
Requirements”, a copy of which is included in this nutrient management plan.
In your records, indicate whether you observed the setbacks or one of the approved
alternatives.
Farm ID and manure Summary Tables
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In other parts of plan:
1) Place label over stockpiling paragraph in MDA’s “Nutrient Application Guidelines”.
2) Include table of field nomenclature correspondence if producer’s field ID do match FSA IDs
exactly.
3) Include copy of MDE’s Setbacks and Alternatives document
In file:
1) “Disclosure of Farm Information …”
2) Notes from meeting with SCD to integrate plan, especially field nomenclature