The following definitions shall apply to this article, and for purposes of this article only, shall supersede any definition in section 20-1 that is inconsistent with the definitions in this section.

Animal waste shall mean excreta from livestock, poultry, and other materials such as bedding, rain, or other water, soil, hair, feathers, and other debris normally included in animal waste handling operations.

Animal waste storage facility shall mean a concrete, steel, or otherwise fabricated structure, excavated pit or earthen impoundment, or any structure used to temporarily store, manure, waste water, and contaminated runoff.

Applicant shall mean any person who applies for a permit under this article.

Closure shall mean removal and proper disposal of accumulated wastes and proper abandonment of an animal waste storage facility.

Direct runoff shall mean a discharge of a significant amount of pollutants to waters of the state.

Land conservation committee shall mean the sub-committee of the economic development and land use planning committee, who by authority of W.S.A., ch. 92, is responsible for county-wide soil and water conservation activities conducted by the land conservation division. The sub-committee shall be referred to hereinafter as "LCC."

Land conservation division shall mean the division of the public works and development services department which is responsible for administering and enforcing this article. The division shall be referred to hereinafter as "LCD."

Livestock shall mean domestic animals such as cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, goats, poultry, fish, etc., or exotic animals such as llamas, ostriches, etc.

Livestock operation shall mean a feedlot or other facility or a pasture where animals are fed, confined, maintained, or stabled.

Milking center waste shall mean all wastewater, cleaning ingredients, and waste milk that is discharged from a milkhouse or milking parlor.

Nutrient management plan shall mean a plan that balances the nutrient needs of a crop with the nutrients available from legume crops, manure, fertilizer or other sources. Management includes the rate, method, and timing of application of all sources of nutrients to minimize the amount of nutrients entering surface and groundwater. The requirements for a nutrient management plan are as established in ATCP 50.04(3).

Permit shall mean the signed, written statement issued by the LCD under this article.

Permittee shall mean any person to whom a permit is issued under this article.

Substantially altered shall mean a change to a structure or facility that results in relocation or a significant change in size, depth or configuration including; replacement of a liner, an increase in the volumetric capacity by greater than twenty (20) percent, or a change in livestock management from one (1) species of livestock to another, such as cattle to horses.

Technical standards shall mean the Wisconsin version of the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service field office Technical Guide as adopted by the LCC.

Unconfined manure pile shall mean a quantity of manure, at least one hundred seventy-five (175) cubic feet in volume that covers the ground surface to a depth of at least two (2) inches and is not confined within a manure storage facility, livestock housing facility or barnyard runoff control facility.

Water pollution shall mean contaminating or rendering unclean or impure the ground or surface waters of the state, or making the same injurious to public health, harmful for commercial or recreational use, or deleterious to fish, bird, animal, or plant life.

Water quality management areas shall mean the area within one thousand (1,000) feet from the ordinary high water mark of navigable waters that consist of lake, pond or flowage; the area within three hundred (300) feet from the ordinary high water mark of navigable waters that consist of a river or stream; and a site that is susceptible to groundwater contamination, or that has the potential to be a direct conduit for contamination to reach groundwater.

(Ord. No. 2012-24, 6-26-12)