5 Colo. Code Regs. § 1001-4-VII

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 18, September 25, 2024

Section 5 CCR 1001-4-VII - Odor Management Plan

VII.A. The application for a permit to operate shall be accompanied by a complete and accurate odor management plan. An odor management plan is required for each new or existing source. The odor management plan shall be approved by the Division prior to issuance of the permit to operate.

VII.B. A complete and accurate odor management plan shall include a description of and a map which demonstrates the location of each of the operations and processes at the housed commercial swine feeding operation, including the following:

VII.B.1. Swine confinement structures, including open animal feeding operations;

VII.B.2. Manure collection, storage, and treatment systems, including anaerobic process wastewater vessels and impoundments and aerobic impoundments;

VII.B.3. Composting storage sites; and

VII.B.4. Land application equipment and sites.

VII.C. A complete and accurate odor management plan shall also include the following components:

VII.C.1. Construction and design plans for odor controls and management practices, including for the following technologies if applicable:

VII.C.1.a. The necessary technology that shall be employed to minimize to the greatest extent practicable off-site odor emissions from all aspects of the operations at the housed commercial swine feeding operation, including swine confinement structures, animal waste, and composting storage sites, and odor and aerosol drift from land application equipment and sites;

VII.C.2. Operation plans for odor controls and management practices, including plans for the following, if applicable:

VII.C.2.a. Proper operation and maintenance of the necessary technology or practices to minimize to the greatest extent practicable off-site odor emissions from all aspects of the operations at the housed commercial swine feeding operation, including swine confinement structures, animal waste, and composting storage sites, and odor and aerosol drift from land application equipment and sites;

VII.C.2.b. Operation of the required equipment in compliance with manufacturer's specifications and recommendations;

VII.C.2.c. Proper operation and maintenance of covers, technologies and/or practices employed for anaerobic process wastewater vessels and impoundments to capture, recover, incinerate, or otherwise manage odorous gases to minimize, to the greatest extent practicable, the emission of such gases into the atmosphere; and

VII.C.2.d. Proper operation and maintenance of the necessary technology employed for aerobic impoundments to ensure maintenance of aerobic conditions or otherwise to minimize the emission of odorous gases to the greatest extent practicable.

VII.C.3. An animal waste management plan for odor control and management practices necessary to minimize to the greatest extent practicable off-site odor emissions from all aspects of the operations at the housed commercial swine feeding operation, including swine confinement structures, animal waste, and composting storage sites, and odor and aerosol drift from land application equipment and sites.

VII.D. All plans and specifications for odor control equipment and management practices included in the odor management plan must conform to common and accepted professional practices.

VII.E. Testing, sampling, and analysis requirements appropriate for the housed commercial swine feeding operation.

5 CCR 1001-4-VII