TITLE 35: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SUBTITLE E: AGRICULTURE RELATED POLLUTION CHAPTER I: POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
PART 502
PERMITS
SECTION 502.103 LARGE CAFOS
Section 502.103 Large CAFOs
An Animal Feeding Operation is
defined as a Large CAFO if at least the numbers of animals specified in any of
the following categories are stabled or confined:
Number
of Animals
|
Kind of Animals
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700
|
Mature dairy cows, whether
milked or dry
|
1,000
|
Veal calves
|
1,000
|
Cattle other than mature
dairy cows or veal calves. Cattle includes heifers, steers, bulls, and
cow/calf pairs.
|
2,500
|
Swine, each weighing 55
pounds or more
|
10,000
|
Swine, each weighing less
than 55 pounds
|
500
|
Horses
|
10,000
|
Sheep or lambs
|
55,000
|
Turkeys
|
30,000
|
Laying hens or broilers,
if the Animal Feeding Operation uses a
liquid manure handling system
|
125,000
|
Chickens (other than
laying hens), if the Animal Feeding Operation
uses other than a liquid manure handling system
|
82,000
|
Laying hens, if the Animal
Feeding Operation uses other than a liquid manure
handling system
|
30,000
|
Ducks, if the
Animal Feeding Operation uses other than a liquid
manure handling system
|
5,000
|
Ducks, if the Animal
Feeding Operation uses a liquid manure handling
system
|
(Source: Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 3196,
effective February 15, 2024)
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