Terms Used In Idaho Code 22-4906

  • Administrator: means the administrator, or his designee, for the animal industries division of the Idaho department of agriculture. See Idaho Code 22-4904
  • Beef cattle: means slaughter and feeder cattle or dairy heifers that are kept on or contiguous to the animal feeding operation and are owned or controlled by the animal feeding operation. See Idaho Code 22-4904
  • Beef cattle animal feeding operation: means an animal feeding operation which confines the number of slaughter and feeder cattle or dairy heifers as set forth in 40 C. See Idaho Code 22-4904
  • Department: means the Idaho department of agriculture. See Idaho Code 22-4904
  • Director: means the director of the Idaho department of agriculture or his designee. See Idaho Code 22-4904
  • Nutrient management plan: means a plan prepared in conformance with the nutrient management standard, provisions required by 40 C. See Idaho Code 22-4904
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
Each beef cattle animal feeding operation shall submit a nutrient management plan to the director for approval. Beef cattle animal feeding operations that are operating on or before July 1, 2000, shall submit a nutrient management plan to the director for approval no later than January 1, 2005. Any new operation commencing operations after July 1, 2000, shall not operate prior to the director’s approval of a nutrient management plan. An approved nutrient management plan shall be implemented and considered a best management practice. Following department review and approval, the plan, and all copies of the plan, shall be returned to the operation and maintained on site. Such plans shall be available to the administrator on request. Operations that elect to utilize a web-based nutrient management planner, housed with the Idaho state department of agriculture, are consenting to allow the plan to be housed on file with the Idaho state department of agriculture. The nutrient management plan, information provided and generated in utilization of a web-based nutrient management planner, and all information generated by the beef cattle animal feeding operation as a result of a plan shall be deemed to be trade secrets, production records, or other proprietary information, shall be kept confidential, and shall be exempt from disclosure pursuant to section 74-107, Idaho Code.