Text equivalent for Figure 4: Cross-section of a feedlot
- 100 m setback to municipal well
- 30m setback to any other wells
- 15m setback to drilled wells with steel casing
- Intact field tiles, 15m or greater from OCA
- Severed (non-functioning) tile or tiles directed to runoff system
- Depth to bedrock or aquifer in 15% clay soil OCAs:
- 1m for high density
- 0.5m for low density
- Paved pen floor (no additional pen floor requirements)
- Apron needs to be long enough to accommodate livestock
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"Outdoor Confinement Areas" under the NMA, 2002.