Nutrient Management Protocol
for Ontario Regulation 267/03 Made under the Nutrient Management
Act, 2002 - Part 9: Registration of Farms
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9.1 Existing Large Farms
9.2 Farms receiving NASM
9.1 Existing Large Farms
The Regulation requires that some farms register their agricultural
operation. The following information will need to be provided to
the Director at the OMAFRA for the purposes of the registration:
- The contact information for the owner and/or operator of the
operation;
- A description and location sketch of the lands contained in
the farm unit including area in hectares or acres;
- A description of the operation generating prescribed materials
on the farm unit including livestock types and numbers;
- A projection of the amount of prescribed materials generated
by the operation carried out on the farm unit and those prescribed
materials received on the farm unit each year;
- A description of the buildings, treatment equipment and structures
used in the generation and management of the prescribed materials;
- The amount and receivers of prescribed materials transferred
off the farm unit;
- The days of storage available;
- An indication of the presence or absence of the following features;
- wells,
- areas where the soil depth is less than 30 cm and rock
outcrops
- areas subject to ponding
- surface water, and
- drainage tiles at the farm unit; and
- The presence or absence of a NMS and NMP prepared by a certified
individual including the name and certification number of the
preparer.
9.2 Farms receiving NASM
If registering the agricultural operation strictly for the purposes
of a NASM plan the following information will need to be provided
to the Director at the OMAFRA for the purposes of the registration:
- the owners authorization for the land application of NASM on
the site
- the contact information for the owner and/ or operator of the
operation
- a description and location sketch of the lands contained in
the NASM plan including area in hectares or acres;
- a projection of the amount of prescribed materials to be received
on the NASM application area each year;
- a description of the generating facility for the NASM and the
NASM to be land applied
- the sampling and analysis of the material to demonstrate it
meets the requirements for a Category 2 NASM
- Areas where the soil depth is less than 30 cm and rock outcrops
- Areas subject to ponding
- an indication of the presence or absence of the following features
- wells,
- surface water, and
- drainage tiles at the farm unit; and
- the presence or absence of a NMS and NMP prepared by a certified
individual including the name and certification number of the
preparer
