Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO)

Agency: Environmental Quality

CAFO General Permit

• General Permit
• General Permit Responsiveness Summary
• CAFO General Permit - merge & compare to the public noticed version of the permit
• CAFO General Permit - merge & compare to the 2005 permit

General Information

• EPA Revised CAFO Rule: Frequently Asked Questions
• No Potential to Discharge Information/Application
• MDEQ CNMP Guidance (2010)
• Completion of NPDES Permit Applications for CAFOs (Revised March 2012)
• How to Apply for an NPDES Permit and Downloadable Application Forms
• CAFO Declaratory Ruling (June 15, 2005)
• CAFO Declaratory Ruling Fact Sheet (updated July 26, 2005)
• CAFO Questions and Answers (updated December 2, 2005)
• CAFO Rules
• CAFO Technical Standards
• NRCS Waste Storage Facility Practice Standard No. 313 (2003)
• NRCS Waste Storage Facility Practice Standard No. 313 (2005)
• Instructions for Determining Precipitation Forecasts
• Final Determination and Notice Regarding Surface Water Discharges from New Large CAFOs
• ECOS Final Report Coverletter
• ECOS Final Report

CAFO Guidance Documents

• Guidance #1: Depth Gauge, 2-2008
• Guidance #2: Manifesting, 3-2008

Existing Storage Structure Evaluation Guidance

• Synthetic Structure Evaluation Guidance(WORD) (PDF)
• Natural Clay Structure Evaluation Guidance (WORD) (PDF)
• Compacted Earth Structure Evaluation Guidance (WORD) (PDF)
• Concrete Lined Structure Evaluation Guidance (WORD) (PDF)
• Synthetic-Concrete Structure Evaluation Guidance (WORD) (PDF)
• Reinforced Concrete Structure Evaluation Guidance (WORD) (PDF)
• Steel Storage Structure Evaluation Guidance (WORD) (PDF)
• Solid-Dry Stack Structure Evaluation Guidance (WORD) (PDF)

CAFO Staff

• CAFO Staff Map

Complying as a CAFO, Part II Guidebook

• Complying as a CAFO, Part II Guidebook

Forms

• Record Keeping Forms for MIG019000
• Daily Land Application Record for MIG019000
• Manifest for Large CAFO Waste
• Annual Report (WORD) (PDF)
• Discharge Reporting Form
• Weekly CAFO Inspection Record

Permitted/Pending CAFO Facilities

• List of Permitted/Pending CAFO Facilities

Helpful Links

• NRCS Practice Standards (Field Office Technical Guide ? FOTG)
• Air Emission Reporting Information
• EPA CAFO website
• Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Program
• MSU Animal Agriculture Information
• Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Right-to-Farm/GAAMPs

If you have an questions or concerns relating to the CAFO program, please contact:

Mr. Mike Bitondo
517-335-3303
bitondom@michigan.gov 

Complaints regarding discharges or other environmental problems should be directed to the appropriate district office for the county where the problem exists. District office contact information can be found here: http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3306_3329-12306--,00.html. You may also call the 24 hour Pollution Emergency Alert System (PEAS) at: 1-800-292-4706 (within Michigan) or 1-517-373-7660 (outside Michigan) especially if the situation is an environmental emergency or the complaint needs to be made outside normal business hours.