| Item | Best 4 | Good 3 | Fair 2 | Poor 1 |
CORRAL OR PEN MAINTENANCE |
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| 1. Grooming frequency | Corrals scraped and groomed at least every 48 hours. | Corrals groomed at least twice each week**Required by law in Maricopa County | Corrals groomed once each week. | Corrals groomed less than once each week. |
| 2. Scraping depth | Solids scraping leaves 1-2 inches of solids over the soil. | Solids scraping leaves 2-4 inches of solids over the soil. | Solids scraping leaves 4-6 inches of solids over the soil. | Solids scraping either breaks through manure cap, orleaves morethan 6 inches of manure. |
| 3. Mounds and slopes | Corral pens groomed with mounds and slopes to prevent ponding of water. | No mounds or slopes present in corrals/pens, butponded water is not common. | No mounds or slopes present in corrals/pens, and ponded water is common. | |
| 4. Water troughs and lines | All lines maintained in good repair, and
troughs have concrete aprons to prevent soil saturation. |
Lines maintained, butthere are noconcrete aprons around troughs. | Lines leak, troughs leak, andsoil issaturated with water around troughs. | |
STORAGE OF SOLID WASTES |
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| 5. Storage Pad | Solids stored on concrete pad, oron clay pad compacted to 95% of maximum compaction | Solids stored on uncompactedsoil. | ||
| 6. Run-on water | Solids storage area protected from run-on water up to a 25-year 24-hour storm event.* *Storm event size varies statewide. In Maricopa County for example, it is about 3 inches. Call your NRCS office for the storm event size in your area. | Solids storage area notprotected from run-on water up to a 25-year, 24-hour storm event.. | ||
| 7. Corral runoff | All rainwater runoff from corrals and pens is routed and conveyed to storm water storage pond or detention basin. | Rainwater runoff from corrals and pens is notrouted and conveyed to storm water storage. | ||
| 8. Storm water storage | Storm water ponds or detention basins are lined with compacted clay, clay loam, or plastic liners. | Storm water ponds and detention basins have nolining at all. | ||
| 9. Storage design | Storm water ponds or detention basins are designed to contain runoff up to a 25-year 24-hour storm event. | Storm water ponds and detention basins cannot contain all runoff up to a 25-year, 24-hour storm event. | ||
FLOOD PROTECTION |
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| 10. Flooding of corrals | Corrals protected from run-on water by proper siting or berming up to a 25-year, 24-hour storm event. | Corrals notprotected from run-on water by proper siting or berming up to a 25-year, 24-hour storm event. | ||
| 11. Flooding of ponds | Storm water ponds or detention basins protected from run-on water by proper siting or berming up to a 25-year, 24-hour storm event. | Storm water ponds and detention basins notprotected from run-on water up to a 25-year, 24-hour storm event. | ||
| 12. Site plan for entire facility | Site plan has been developed by Natural Resources Conservation Service or qualified private engineer. | No site plan exists. | ||
SAFETY |
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| 13. Fencing | All storm water ponds or detention basins are fenced to prevent accidents. | No fencing is present to prevent accidents. | ||
| 14. Ventilation | All enclosed solids storage areas are vented to prevent buildup of dangerous gases. (Poultry producers should pay particular attention to this danger.) | No enclosed solids storage areas are vented. | ||
| Bold italic type: These conditions violate federal, state or local law | ||||