MODEL COVER SHEET
for NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLAN
for MAFOs 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 MAFO: “Client’s name” has filed an NOI as a MAFO. This nutrient
management plan is required along with a Soil Conservation Water Quality Plan as part of
the MAFO permit.
2) If a new NOI who has had a CNMP recently developed: “Client’s name” has filed an
NOI as a MAFO. This nutrient management plan updates the nutrient management
component of a previously developed USDA Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan
(USDA-CNMP). It is “client’s name” responsibility to provide a copy of this nutrient
management plan to MDE.
3) If registered under MAFO permit and nutrient management plan requires updating:
This updates the nutrient management plan for an operation registered under the MAFO
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
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 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.
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.
For poultry MAFOs with field slopes of 2% or less, setback and buffer requirements may be satisfied by
maintaining the following:
a vegetated filter strip at least 10’ along field ditches and in the final 35’ of field ditches adjoining
receiving waters or the facility boundary either
a) a 35’ vegetated filter strip; or
b) a 50’ setback from all other surface waters of the state.
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