Land Application Training
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Form #: 18-001 Guidance Documents Revised: 3/1/22

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
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Aaron Nygren
P.O. Box 389
Schuyler, NE 68661-0389
402-352-3821
anygren2@unl.edu
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Denny Bauer
148 W. 4th Street
Ainsworth, NE 69210-1696
402-387-2213
dbauer1@unl.edu
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Steven Pritchard
222 South 4th Street
Albion, NE 68620-1247
402-395-2158
spritchard1@unl.edu
Chuck Burr
1308 2nd Street
Holdrege, NE 68949-2803
308-995-8425
cburr1@unl.edu
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Paul Hay
1115 West Scott Street
Beatrice, NE 68310
402-233-1384
phay1@unl.edu
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Tom Holman
4502 Avenue I,
PHREC
Scottsbluff, NE 69361-4939
308-632-1480
tholman1@unl.edu
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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

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Darrel Siekman
P.O. Box 27
Courthouse
Central City, NE 68826-0027
308-946-3843
dsiekman1@unl.edu
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Bruce Treffer
P.O. Box 757
Lexington, NE 68850-0757
308-324-8224
btreffer1@unl.edu
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Troy Walz
431 S. 10th 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
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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


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.