Application Number	NE0135364
Name of Applicant	RKR Feedlot, Inc.
Name of Operation	RKR Feedlot, Inc.
Authorized Representative	Roy Ritter
Address City/State/Zip Code	1174 “I” Road West Point, NE 68788
Legal Description	SE 1/4, Section 23, Township 22N, Range 05E, Cuming County
Animal Type and Capacity	5,400 head of Feeder Cattle on 90.8 Acres of Total Drainage and seven confinement barns with 1,882 head of Swine ≥55 lbs. and 500 head of Swine <55 lbs.
Type of Livestock Waste Control Facility	Three (3) Debris Basins, One (1) Holding Pond, One (1) Lift Station, Four (4) Underfloor Shallow Pits, Three (3) Underfloor Deep Pits, and Two (2) Earthen Storage Pits
Discharge Limits	The holding pond must be constructed, operated, and maintained to control the process wastewater during the storage period and process wastewater generated by a 25-year, 24-hour storm event (5.1 inches). The storage pits must be constructed, operated, and maintained to prevent a discharge during the storage period and to provide 180 days of storage prior to the winter months.
Permit Terms of the Nutrient Management Plan (NMP)	1) The permittee must ensure adequate storage of manure, litter, and process wastewater, including procedures to ensure proper operation and maintenance of the storage facilities by complying with Section 1 of the NMP. 2) The permittee must ensure proper management of mortalities as described in Section 3 of the NMP. 3) The permittee must ensure that clean water is diverted, as described in Section 2 of the NMP. 4) The permittee must prevent direct contact of animals with waters of the state as described in Title 130. 5) The permittee must ensure that chemicals and other contaminants are handled on-site as described in Section 3 of the NMP. 6) Appropriate site-specific conservation practices are to be implemented, including as appropriate, buffers or equivalent practices to control runoff of pollutants to waters of the State. See setbacks on site-specific maps in Section 7 of the NMP. See also Section 5 of the NMP. 7) The permittee must maintain the specific records required in Part II, Section E, Table A. 8) The permittee must implement the protocols in Section 6 of the NMP to land apply manure, litter, or process wastewater to ensure appropriate agricultural utilization of the nutrients in the manure, litter, or process wastewater. Phosphorus index results are found in Section 7 of the NMP. 9) The permittee must follow the protocols for appropriate testing of manure, litter, process wastewater, and soil as found in Section 6 of the NMP.
Land Application Practices	The proposal is to land apply liquids through a pump and power unit that connects to a center pivot, volume gun, side roll sprinkler, or gated pipe gravity irrigation system. Solid waste will be land applied with the use of manure spreaders. Slurry will be land applied with the use of a slurry tanker or drag hose injection. Land application agreements with neighboring landowners have been signed.
Land Application Sites
End of Public Comment Period	July 20, 2012

All comments received during the public comment period will be considered in the final decision on whether to reissue the permit or deny the application or request for coverage. A request for public hearing must be submitted in writing and state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised at a hearing. A determination to hold a hearing will be based on factual environmental or regulatory considerations. All public comments and requests for hearings may be submitted in writing to: Amy Dorenbach, Agriculture Section, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 98922, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-8922.