Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation General Permit

Permiso de Operación de Alimentación de Animales Confinados

Para obtener más información, comuníquese con Chelsea Morris al 360-407-6563.

We issue the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) General Permit to operations that confine livestock for long periods of time in pens or barns and discharge pollution to surface or groundwater.

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Who needs to apply

You must get this permit if you:

Confine livestock in pens or barns for 45 days or more during the year.
Discharge from your operation.

Current permit & related documents

State-Only Permit only covers groundwater discharges
Combined Permit covers surface and groundwater discharges
Detailed Explanation of the Permits (Fact Sheet)
Our Responses to Public Comments on the Draft

Applications & Forms

Resources

EM 8832-E Post-harvest Soil Nitrate Testing for Manured Cropping Systems West of the Cascades, Sullivan, Cogger
PNW533 Fertilizing with Manure and Other Organic Amendments, Bary, Cogger, Sullivan
PNW 570-E Monitoring Soil Nutrients Using a Management Unit Approach, Staben, Ellsworth, Sullivan, Horneck, Brown, Stevens
PNW 673 Sampling Dairy Manure and Compost for Nutrient Analysis, Moore, Haro-Marti, Che
Ecology Air Quality Program
EPA CERLCA and EPCRA Reporting Requirements

Contact information

Chelsea Morris
Permit Writer
chelsea.morris@ecy.wa.gov
360-407-6563

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