ATCP 51.01(6)(6) “Bedrock” means the top of the shallowest layer of a soil profile that consists of consolidated rock material or weathered-in-place material, more than 50% of the volume of which will be retained on a 2 mm soil sieve. ATCP 51.01(7)(7) “Certified agricultural engineering practitioner” means an agricultural engineering practitioner who is certified under s. ATCP 50.46 with a rating under s. ATCP 50.46 (5) that authorizes the practitioner to certify every matter that the practitioner certifies under this chapter. ATCP 51.01(8)(8) “Cluster” means any group of one or more livestock structures within a livestock facility. ATCP 51.01(10)(10) “Department” means the Wisconsin department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection. ATCP 51.01 NoteNote: Under s. NR 151.015 (7), “direct runoff” means a discharge of a significant amount of pollutants to waters of the state resulting from any of the following practices: ATCP 51.01 Note(a) Runoff from a manure storage facility.
ATCP 51.01 Note(b) Runoff from an animal lot that can be predicted to reach surface waters of the state through a defined or channelized flow path or man-made conveyance.
ATCP 51.01 Note(c) Discharge of leachate from a manure pile.
ATCP 51.01 Note(d) Seepage from a manure storage facility.
ATCP 51.01 Note(e) Construction of a manure storage facility in permeable soils, or over fractured bedrock, without a liner designed according to s. NR 154.04 (3). ATCP 51.01(12)(12) “DNR” means the Wisconsin department of natural resources. ATCP 51.01(13)(13) “Expanded livestock facility” means the entire livestock facility that is created by the expansion, after May 1, 2006, of an existing livestock facility. “Expanded livestock facility” includes all livestock structures in the expanded facility, regardless of whether those structures are new, existing or altered. ATCP 51.01 NoteNote: This chapter applies to local approvals of new or expanded livestock facilities that will have 500 or more animal units (or will exceed a lower permit threshold incorporated in a local zoning ordinance prior to July 19, 2003). See s. ATCP 51.02. Although this chapter covers all livestock structures in an “expanded livestock facility,” existing structures are subject to less rigorous standards than new or expanded structures, and are completely exempt from certain requirements. ATCP 51.01(14)(14) “Expansion” means an increase in the largest number of animal units kept at a livestock facility on at least 90 days in any 12-month period. The acquisition of an existing livestock facility, by the operator of an adjacent livestock facility, does not constitute an “expansion” unless that operator increases the largest number of animal units kept at the combined livestock facilities on at least 90 days in any 12-month period. ATCP 51.01(15)(15) “Fine soil particles” means soil particles that pass through a # 200 soil sieve. ATCP 51.01(16)(16) “High-use building” means any of the following buildings: ATCP 51.01(16)(a)(a) A residential building that has at least 6 distinct dwelling units. ATCP 51.01(16)(b)(b) A restaurant, hotel, motel or tourist rooming house that holds a permit under s. 97.605, Stats. ATCP 51.01(16)(e)(e) A non-farm business or workplace that is normally occupied, during at least 40 hours of each week of the year, by customers or employed workers. ATCP 51.01(17)(17) “Karst feature” means an area or superficial geologic feature subject to bedrock dissolution so that it is likely to provide a conduit to groundwater. “Karst feature” may include caves, enlarged fractures, mine features, exposed bedrock surfaces, sinkholes, springs, seeps or swallets. ATCP 51.01(18)(18) “Livestock” means domestic animals traditionally used in this state in the production of food, fiber or other animal products. “Livestock” includes cattle, swine, poultry, sheep and goats. “Livestock” does not include equine animals, bison, farm-raised deer, fish, captive game birds, ratites, camelids or mink. ATCP 51.01(19)(19) “Livestock facility” means a feedlot, dairy farm or other operation where livestock are or will be fed, confined, maintained or stabled for a total of 45 days or more in any 12–month period. A “livestock facility” includes all of the tax parcels of land on which the facility is located, but does not include a pasture or winter grazing area. Related livestock facilities are collectively treated as a single “livestock facility” for purposes of this chapter, except that an operator may elect to treat a separate species facility as a separate “livestock facility.” ATCP 51.01 NoteNote: See definition of “related livestock facilities” in sub. (36) and “separate species facility” in sub. (38).