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Land Application Training

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Form #: 18-001

Guidance Documents

Revised: 3/1/22

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Land Application Training

All Large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit holders are required to satisfactorily complete land application training.

An authorized representative, permittee, or employee of the operation must complete this training within 180 days of the operation receiving an approval to operate under a Construction and Operating Permit or of receiving NPDES permit coverage, unless such training was satisfactorily completed within the previous 5 years.

Title 130, “Livestock Waste Control Regulations,” Chapter 5, requires at least one of the above-named persons to satisfactorily complete additional training every 5 years thereafter. When training is required, the permittee is responsible for ensuring the training is obtained and for keeping records of the land application training. The Department also encourages permittees to make this training available to the employees of the operation responsible for the land application of livestock waste.

Currently, the following options have been approved by the Department as meeting the requirement to obtain Land Application Training.

A) Winter Training Workshops – An approved land application training program is offered annually, by UNL, during the first quarter of the year. Dates of the training will be announced in January prior to the first workshop, or you may contact the Department, Agriculture Section at (402) 471-4239.

For anyone taking the training for the first time, the initial training involves morning and afternoon sessions.

The renewal training (required every 5 years) requires the morning session only.

To pre-register for the training, contact UNL Extension CNMP Project Coordinator Leslie Johnson at (402) 584-3818.

B) Archived Training – An archive of the winter training material is available for viewing by making arrangements through a County Extension Educator. Viewing the archived material may be an alternative method for completing land application training. Persons taking land application training by this method must obtain a letter of attendance from the Extension Educator to meet the training requirement.

C) Online Training – An approved land application training program is also offered online by UNL. This option is valid for both initial and recertification training and is available anytime at the following website: https://water.unl.edu/welcome-land-application-training-online.

For questions about this training option, contact the UNL Extension CNMP Project Coordinator Leslie Johnson at (402) 584-3818.

Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy
Agriculture Section – Livestock Waste Control Program
P.O. Box 98922
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-8922

Phone: (402) 471-2186

Fax: (402) 471-2909

Extension Personnel Involved with
Land Application Training

Leslie Johnson (Coordinator) 57905 866 Road, NE REC Concord, NE 68728-2828 402-584-3818 ljohnson13@unl.edu ...	Aaron Nygren P.O. Box 389 Schuyler, NE 68661-0389 402-352-3821 anygren2@unl.edu ...
Denny Bauer 148 W. 4^th Street Ainsworth, NE 69210-1696 402-387-2213 dbauer1@unl.edu ...	Steven Pritchard 222 South 4^th Street Albion, NE 68620-1247 402-395-2158 spritchard1@unl.edu
Chuck Burr 1308 2^nd Street Holdrege, NE 68949-2803 308-995-8425 cburr1@unl.edu ...	Paul Hay 1115 West Scott Street Beatrice, NE 68310 402-233-1384 phay1@unl.edu ...
Tom Holman 4502 Avenue I, PHREC Scottsbluff, NE 69361-4939 308-632-1480 tholman1@unl.edu ...	Larry Howard 200 S. Lincoln Street P.O. Box 285 West Point, NE 68788-0285 402-372-6006 lhoward1@unl.edu
Jenny Rees 111 W. Fairfield Clay Center, NE 68933-1499 402-762-3644 jrees2@unl.edu ...	Darrel Siekman P.O. Box 27 Courthouse Central City, NE 68826-0027 308-946-3843 dsiekman1@unl.edu ...
Bruce Treffer P.O. Box 757 Lexington, NE 68850-0757 308-324-8224 btreffer1@unl.edu ...	Troy Walz 431 S. 10^th Avenue Broken Bow, NE 68822-2099 308-872-6831 twalz1@unl.edu
Keith Jarvi 57905 866 Road, NEREC Concord, NE 68728-0285 402-584-3819 kjarvi1@unl.edu ...	Gary Zoubek 2345 Nebraska Avenue York, NE 68467-1104 402-362-5508 gzoubek1@unl.edu ...

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Questions?

Contact:

Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy
Agriculture Section
P.O. Box 98922
Lincoln, NE 68509-8922

Phone: (402) 471-4239

Toll-free: (877) 253-2603

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This material is intended for guidance purposes only. It is not meant to substitute for the regulations specified in the document, or any other applicable Nebraska environmental regulations.