Prevention and Control

Minimum Standards

Clear  Indicators of Non-Compliance

Best Management Practices

1. Erosion Prevention &  Sediment Control

Reduce sheet & rill erosion below  2X(T)

Reduce gully & drainage way erosion to natural levels.

Sediment accumulation in waterways. 

Visible rills or gullies. 

Muddy runoff.

Reduced tillage.

Cover crops.

Filter strips.

Buffer areas.

Grass waterways.

Catch basins.

2. Irrigation

No irrigation runoff from fields into state waters.

Visible irrigation runoff into water or evidence of runoff.

Plant on contour.

Sediment basins.

Filter strips and buffer zones.  IWM

3. Livestock Waste

Prevent movement of livestock waste or runoff into waters of state.

Runoff from livestock into water. 

Waste accumulation  in a vulnerable area.

Waste Management

Riparian buffer strips

Seasonal grazing

Exclude livestock from streams.  Off stream watering. 

4. Nutrient

    Management

Prevent crop nutrient applications that have adverse impacts on state waters.

Nutrients applied to water.  Total nutrient applications above currently accepted fertilizer guidelines.

Use current fertilizer guides and modern practices.

5. Pesticide

    Management

Use all pesticides according to label requirements.

Off label applications.

Follow label.

Calibrate sprayer

Buffer zones

Filter strips

IPM

6. Chemigation

1/2000

Prevent chemigation runoff from entering state waters.

Visible runoff into water or evidence of runoff.

Buffer zones.

IWM

Tailwater mgt.

7. Road, staging  Areas,  Farmsteads

Roads, etc. shall be constructed and maintained to prevent sediment and/or contaminants from entering state waters.

Surface runoff carrying contaminants into state waters.  Pesticide or oil cans stored outdoors.

Appropriate construction.

Roadside seeding

 8. Streamside Areas

Streamside areas will be managed to allow establishment, growth and/or maintenance of riparian vegetation appropriate to site.  Vegetation must be sufficient to provide shade and protect streamsides during 20 yr. flood events. 

Active stream bank sloughing and/or destruction of vegetation.

Establish buffer zones.

Protect stream banks.

Establish filter strips.

Grass water ways.