Nutrient Management Act
Application for Operation Identifier

Table of Contents

1. General Information
2. Contact Infomation
3. Number of Nutrient Units Generated by Animal Type
4. Location of all the Storage Facilities that are Part of this Farm Unit
5. Location and Identification of Land that is Part of the Farm Unit
6. Declaration

The information required to complete this Form will be used for the purposes of Ontario Regulation 267/03, as amended, to establish the size of your farm unit and identify the land included in this farm unit.

A: General Information

The Farm Unit is the basis for determining if an agricultural operation requires an approved Nutrient Management Strategy and/or Nutrient Management Plan. For each Farm Unit there can be only one Nutrient Management Strategy and one Nutrient Management Plan. The Farm Unit must include all of the land on the property where the nutrients are generated and can include other properties where manure is applied.

B: Contact Information

Please indicate whether the operation declaring this farm unit is either a:

Corporation Division of a Corporation Partnership Sole Proprietorship

In the spaces below, please provide names and addresses if different from above. Include the names and addresses of all of partners in the partnership.

Information for additional partners can be attached. Please provide all of the above information for each partner.

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A list of additional nutrient units by animal type is attached to this form. Please provide all of the above information for each animal type. *Nutrient Unit Conversion Factor is taken from the Nutrient Unit Calculator for the appropriate animal type, which is available from OMAFRA.

D: Location of all the Storage Facilities that are Part of this Farm Unit

A list of additional facilities is attached to this form. Please provide all of the above information for each nutrient storage facility.

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E: Location and Identification of Land that is Part of this Farm Unit

Identify each farm or field with a unique name. This name must also be used to identify each farm or field if a nutrient management plan is required for this farm unit.

Manure or other agricultural source material generated at this location.
Manure or other agricultural source material stored at this location.
This property is not owned or rented by the operator. A nutrient application agreement is attached.

Manure or other agricultural source material generated at this location.
Manure or other agricultural source material stored at this location.
This property is not owned or rented by the operator. A nutrient application agreement is attached.

Manure or other agricultural source material generated at this location.
Manure or other agricultural source material stored at this location.
This property is not owned or rented by the operator. A nutrient application agreement is attached.

A list of the descriptions of additional properties is attached to this form. Please provide all of the above information for each property.

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F: Declaration

I, _________________________________________ (Farm Unit operator) declare that the facilities and property referred to on this form comprise the entirety of this Farm Unit. I acknowledge that this operation:

requires an approved Nutrient Management Strategy and/or Plan, and that such Nutrient Management Strategy and/or Plan shall include all of the lands identified on this Form.

does not require an approved nutrient management strategy and/or plan.

I hereby warrant that the information contained on this form is true, and that I have authority to complete this document.

_________________________________        ______________________________        _____________
Farm Unit Operator or                                     Signature                                                Date
authorized agent (print)

_________________________________        _______________________________       _____________
Witness (print)                                                Signature                                                Date

You will be contacted by the Ministry and provided with an Operation Identifier assigned in accordance with Section 17 (3) of Ontario Regulation 267/03, as amended.

Notice of Collection:

Personal information provided in the application is collected under the authority of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, c.4. It will be used for the review, approval, enforcement and audit of the strategy or plan, as the case may be. The information may be made available to external experts contracted by OMAFRA for advice during review and approval or to Ministry of the Environment for advice during review and approval or for enforcement purposes. A public record of approved plans will be available to the public by publication in print or over the World Wide Web. The public record will consist of the following information for each farm operation holding an approved nutrient management strategy or plan: 1) owner of the farm unit and developer of the strategy or plan; 2) properties covered by the declared farm unit, which will be identified by lot & concession, or latitude and longitude; 3) type, source and annual amount of the nutrient generated; 4) days of storage; and 5) the proportion of the nutrient applied to the farm unit and the proportion moved to other properties.

Data from plans and strategies may be aggregated without personal identifiers and made available to researchers for evaluation of the program and other matters related to nutrient and environmental management that may be in the public interest. Questions about this collection should be directed to:

Manager, Approvals
Nutrient Management Branch
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
1 Stone Road West
Guelph, ON N1G 4Y2
Phone: 519-826-6368

Nutrient Management Act
Application for Operation Identifier

Additional Information

C: Number of Nutrient Units Generated

Nutrient Management Act
Application for Operation Identifier

Additional Information

D: Location of all the Storage Facilities that are Part of this Farm Unit

Nutrient Management Act
Application for Operation Identifier

Additional Information

E: Location and Identification of Land that is Part of this Farm Unit

Manure or other agricultural source material generated at this location.
Manure or other agricultural source material stored at this location.
This property is not owned or rented by the operator. A nutrient application agreement is attached.

Manure or other agricultural source material generated at this location.
Manure or other agricultural source material stored at this location.
This property is not owned or rented by the operator. A nutrient application agreement is attached.

Manure or other agricultural source material generated at this location.
Manure or other agricultural source material stored at this location.
This property is not owned or rented by the operator. A nutrient application agreement is attached.