§ 143-215.10B. Definitions. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 143‑215.10B. Definitions.

As used in this Part:

(1)        "Animaloperation" means any agricultural feedlot activity involving 250 or moreswine, 100 or more confined cattle, 75 or more horses, 1,000 or more sheep, or30,000 or more confined poultry with a liquid animal waste management system,or any agricultural feedlot activity with a liquid animal waste managementsystem that discharges to the surface waters of the State. A public livestockmarket regulated under Article 35 of Chapter 106 of the General Statutes is ananimal operation for purposes of this Part.

(2)        "Animalwaste" means livestock or poultry excreta or a mixture of excreta withfeed, bedding, litter, or other materials from an animal operation.

(3)        "Animal wastemanagement system" means a combination of structures and nonstructuralpractices serving a feedlot that provide for the collection, treatment,storage, or land application of animal waste.

(4)        "Division"means the Division of Water Quality of the Department.

(5)        "Feedlot"means a lot or building or combination of lots and buildings intended for theconfined feeding, breeding, raising, or holding of animals and eitherspecifically designed as a confinement area in which animal waste mayaccumulate or where the concentration of animals is such that an establishedvegetative cover cannot be maintained. A building or lot is not a feedlotunless animals are confined for 45 or more days, which may or may not beconsecutive, in a 12‑month period. Pastures shall not be consideredfeedlots for purposes of this Part.

(6)        "Technicalspecialist" means an individual designated by the Soil and WaterConservation Commission, pursuant to rules adopted by that Commission, tocertify animal waste management plans. (1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 626, s. 1; 1996, 2nd Ex.Sess., c. 18, s. 27.34(b); 2001‑326, s. 1; 2004‑176, s. 1.)