Tip of the Month
December 2003
(Archive)

Rules of Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Water Quality Control Board, Division of Water Pollution Control
Chapter 1200-4-5, Permits, Effluent Limitations and Standards

The Division of Water Pollution Control has posted the final revision of Chapter 1200-4-5 of the Tennessee Water Quality Act of 1977 pertaining to Wastewater Permitting, including new provisions for CAFOs (concentrated feeding operations). A mature dairy cow is now defined as a cow that has previously given birth to a calf. For dairy animals, a Class I (Large) CAFO is defined as 700+ cows and a Class II (Medium) CAFO is 200 to 699 cows.

The web address of the complete 28-page article and two appendices/forms follows. CAFOs are specifically addressed in the provisions of “1200-4-5-.14 Animal Feeding Operations” (pages 22 through 28) and are also subject to all applicable provisions listed in pages 1 through 22.

http://www.state.tn.us/environment/wpc/publications/1200-4-5%20official%20draft.pdf