ODNR will be holding a public hearing regarding proposed changes to the state’s soil and water resources rules, specifically within the Agriculture Pollution Abatement Program. This program provides Ohio farmers with cost share assistance to incorporate best management practices to help protect the state’s waterways.
A public hearing on the proposed amendments and adoption of these rules will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, November 8, 2010 at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’Assembly Center, 2045 Morse Road, Building E, 1st Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43229. At the public hearing, any person affected by the rule adoption may appear and be heard in person, or by an attorney, or both, and may present testimony, orally or in writing. Comments may be submitted in advance or in lieu of attendance at the public hearing to the Chief of the Division of Soil and Water Resources, 2045 Morse Road, Building B-3, Columbus, Ohio, 43229 or dswc@dnr.state.oh.us.
The official release is posted below.
For more detailed information on the proposed rule changes, CLICK HERE.
For more information on the Agriculture Pollution Abatement Program, CLICK HERE.
LEGAL NOTICE
STATE OF OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AMEND AND HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON STATE OF OHIO SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES RULES
The Chief of the Division of Soil and Water Resources, pursuant to Section 1511.02 of the Ohio Revised Code, hereby gives notice of his intention to amend the following rules:
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1501:15-5-01
1501:15-5-02
1501:15-5-03
1501:15-5-04
1501:15-5-05
1501:15-5-06
1501:15-5-07
1501:15-5-08
1501:15-5-09
1501:15-5-10
1501:15-5-11
1501:15-5-12
1501:15-5-13
1501:15-5-14
1501:15-5-15
1501:15-5-16
1501:15-5-17
1501:15-5-18
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General provisions
Overflow and discharge from animal waste collection, storage or treatment facilities
Seepage from animal waste management facilities
Rainwater runoff from feedlots and waste management facilities
Land application of animal waste
Other waste waters
Flooding of concentrated animal feeding operations
Sheet and rill erosion
Concentrated water erosion
Wind erosion
Placing and sloughing
Erosion from silvicultural operations
Agricultural pollution abatement cost sharing
Administrative procedures
Operating procedures
Chief’s orders
Grants
Composting of dead animals
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and to adopt the following rules:
1501:15-5-19 Nutrient management planning requirements for watersheds in distress
1501:15-5-20 Designating watersheds in distress
Administrative Rules 1501:15-5-01 thru 1501:15-5-18 are being amended in accordance with the five year rule review required for state agency rules. The proposed changes update language references, streamline enforcement procedures, and establish flexibility
in the Agricultural Pollution Abatement Program to implement best management practices. Administrative Rules 1501:15-5-19 and 1501:15-5-20 are being adopted to enable the designation of a distressed watershed and require a nutrient management plan
for certain operations within a designated distressed watershed.
A public hearing on the proposed amendments and adoption of these rules will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, November 8, 2010 at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’Assembly Center, 2045 Morse Road, Building E, 1st Floor, Columbus, Ohio 43229. At the public hearing, any person affected by the rule adoption may appear and be heard in person, or by an attorney, or both, and may present testimony, orally or in writing. Comments may be submitted in advance or in lieu of attendance at the public hearing to the Chief of the Division of Soil and Water Resources, 2045 Morse Road, Building B-3, Columbus, Ohio, 43229 or dswc@dnr.state.oh.us.
Electronic copies of the proposed rules are available at the Register of Ohio’s internet website at: http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/. Hard copies of the proposed rule are available through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Soil and Water Resources at 2045 Morse Road, Building B-3, Columbus, Ohio 43229. For additional
information, please contact the Division of Soil and Water Resources at (614) 265-6610.