&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Enforcement
& Compliance Assurance
Washington, DC 20460
EPA 305-F-99-005
July 1999
www.epa.gov
Compliance Assistance
EPA/USDA Projects -
Livestock
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Helping Agriculture Complywith
Environmental Requirements
FOCUS
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Livestock Compliance
Assistance Project
This fact sheet will tell you about a national project to develop programs and
materials that will help livestock producers comply with environmental regulations.
Three-year project
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) are
cooperating in a 3-year national project
to help livestock producers implement
sound environmental management
practices and comply with
environmental regulations that affect
their businesses.
The livestock management compliance
assistance project, for which
approximately $300,000 has been
allocated, is being funded through a
cooperative agreement administered by
USDA's Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service
(CSREES) and EPAs National
Agriculture Compliance Assistance
Center (Ag Center).
Nationwide team
A peer review process chose a project
with the University of Nebraska and
North Carolina State University as
co-leaders. Other cooperators include 9
other universities and additional federal
and education-related participants. (See
list of cooperators below.)
The nationwide team of project
participants will work closely with the
Ag Center and CSREES to increase
livestock producers' understanding of
the principles of environmental
management and to foster compliance
with all environmental requirements that
affect this key segment of U.S.
agriculture.
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The project will
develop
materials and
other tools to
help producers
use common-
sense, cost-
effective
approaches to
meeting
environmental
requirements.
The project will
develop a
national "core
curriculum " on
management and
compliance.
OBJECTIVE I
Develop a nationally recognized,
producer-oriented core
curriculum addressing high
profile livestock environmental
issues.
A key product of the project will be a
high-quality core curriculum on
management and compliance topics.
Experts who have pioneered similar
resources will lead this effort. The
curriculum will be reviewed and pilot
tested in five geographic regions to
ensure that it is relevant to regional and
livestock species differences.
Tentative livestock environmental issues
to be addressed include
• manure storage
• advanced waste treatment systems
• odor management
• land application and nutrient
management.
The curriculum modules will include
• a reference publication for livestock
producers that describes design
requirements, management
practices, planning tools, and
compliance issues
• teaching aids for information
providers, including pre-planned
presentations with electronic visual
aids
• electronic and/or printed tools for
facilitating more complex design
calculations and recordkeeping
processes.
The national core curriculum will be
delivered to livestock industry
information providers through five
regional meetings. These five symposia
will provide in-depth inservice education
for public sector information providers
(such as Extension educators and
Natural Resources Conservation
Service staff), engineering and
environmental consultants, and key
representatives of private sector allied
industries (such as crop consultants and
livestock feed consultants).
OBJECTIVE 2
Provide livestock producers and
information providers access to
these curriculum resources
through multiple, readily
accessible delivery
methodologies.
The project will provide
• electronic access to the new
resources
• regional access to in-depth
educational programs for
information providers responsible for
delivering these resources
• access to printed publications.
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Compliance Assistance
EPA/USDA National Projects
Livestock Compliance Assistance Project
The Ag Center
welcomes
comments on this
document and its
other services.
The project will identify
• technical resource contacts
• publications that discuss best
management practices (BMPs) for
storage, handling, and land
application of manure
• available web-based and stand-
alone software for sizing storage
structures, nutrient management,
record-keeping, or other technical
applications
• state and federal regulations
addressing animal manure
management.
Cooperators
• North Carolina State University
(project co-lead)
• University of Nebraska (project co-
lead)
• Cornell University
• Farm*A*Syst
• Iowa State University
• Kansas State University
• Mid West Plan Service
• Natural Resources Conservation
Service, USDA
• North Carolina A&T University
• Purdue University
• University of Georgia
• University of Illinois
• University of Minnesota
• University of Missouri
• John Impson
National Program Leader-Pesticide
Applicator Training
Same address as above
Telephone 202-401-4201
E-mail: jimpson@reeusda.gov
• Ginah Mortensen
Director, EPA Ag Center
Telephone: 1-888-663-2155
E-mail: mortensen.ginah@epa.gov
For more information
You can get more facts about
compliance by calling the Ag Center's
toll-free number. Materials can be sent
to you by fax or mail, or you can talk to
an Ag Center representative. For a list
of all publications available from the Ag
Center, request document number
10001, "Ag Center Publications."
National Agriculture Compliance
Assistance Center
901 N. 5th Street
Kansas City, KS 66101
Toll-free:
Internet:
Fax:
f/EPA
1-888-663-2155
www.epa.gov/oeca/ag
913-551-7270
United States Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20460
USDA/EPA contacts
• Denis Ebodaghe
National Program Leader-Small
Farms, USDA, Mail Stop 2220,
Washington, DC 20250-2220
Telephone: 202-401-4385
E-mail: debodaghe@reeusda.gov
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