The management of animal waste from Animal Feeding Operations (AFO) is a priority in Florida and throughout the country. AFOs are facilities where numbers animals are in confined situations and meet both of the following criteria:
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issues generic permits to regulate a category of wastewater facilities or activities only if they all involve the same or substantially similar types of operations; discharge the same types of wastes or engage in the same types of residuals or industrial sludge use or disposal practices; require the same effluent limitations, operating conditions, or standards for residuals or industrial sludge use or disposal; or require the same or similar monitoring.
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