Jeff Porter, Environmental Engineer, shares what a CNMP is, why a CNMP is important, and some issues that may occur with a CNMP.

1. CNMP – What’s Happening
Across The Country?
Jeff Porter
Environmental Engineer
Manure Management Team
Greensboro, NC

6. What is a CNMP?
• Plan not design
• Landowner/Operator’s plan
• Identifies management and
conservation actions for an animal
feeding operation (AFO)
• Help to meet production
and resource protection
goals
• Addresses erosion, water
quality and air quality
(if mitigation is feasible)

7. Conservation Planning Process
Water
Quality
Working Toward
an RMS
Conservation
Plan
Soil Erosion
Soil
Water
Air
Plants
Animals
Humans
Energy
CNMP
RMS

9. Why Do a CNMP?
• Evaluate potential risks
• Prioritize addressing those
risks
• Addresses regulatory issues
• Can help with the permit
process.
– Permitting is the responsibility of the
landowner/operator
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Disaster/Emergency plan
Improve livestock operation efficiency
Prepare for expansion/downsize
Neighbor relations

10. Manure Management and Regulations
• Illinois River (Arkansas and Oklahoma)
– Downstream state can dictate upstream state water
quality at state line
• Suwannee River (Florida)
– EPA Developed TMDLs
– Could also impact Georgia and Alabama on allowable
discharge
• Chesapeake Bay (6 states and DC)
– EPA “Pollution Diet”
• Mississippi River Basin (all or part of 27 states)
– Potential water quality standards for all US waters
– Mississippi River Basin one of first to be addressed

11. Mississippi
River

12. When to Implement a CNMP?
• Provide technical and/or financial assistance
to an AFO or CAFO in the production area
and/or
• Provide technical and/or financial assistance
for nutrient management that involves the
application of manure and wastewater
NRCS General Manual
Title 190, Part 405, Subpart B - Policy

14. CNMPs Across The Country
Region
Year
Central
East
West
Nationwide
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Total
1,219
1,110
1,009
813
601
4,752
1,401
1,577
1,591
1,396
1,313*
7,278
127
140
204
168
137
776
2,747
2,827
2,804
2,377
2,051
12,806
*Includes new Northeast and Southeast Regions
Numbers based on NRCS Performance Results System (PRS)
This accounts for 5% of potential CNMPs

15. CNMPs Per State
State
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Total
IA
KS
MN
MT
NE
ND
SD
122
110
96
93
72
493
Year
53
48
31
32
21
185
128
111
69
42
87
437
3
7
11
1
2
24
2
3
9
48
162
224
28
34
41
11
14
128
27
16
12
9
1
65
Numbers based on NRCS Performance Results System (PRS)

16. Issues
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Not the Landowner’ plan
Size of plan
Quality of plan
Plan vs. Engineering
Design
• Conservation Plan vs. CNMP
• Technical Service Provider may not be
qualified or feel qualified to do the entire
CNMP

17. CNMP Planning Group
• Training
• Communication
• Policy and Format
• Certification

18. Proposed Training
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CNMP Introductory Course
Conservation Planning Modules 1-9
Nutrient Management Modules 1-7
Agricultural Waste Management Systems Level 2
• Assessment and Technology Development
Tools

19. Improved Communication
• Conservation planner leads
landowner/operator through the conservation
planning process
• Ensure document is landowner’s plan
• Improved communication between landowner
and Technical Service Provider (TSP)
• Improved communication between TSP and
NRCS

20. CNMP Format
• Format
– Production Area
– Land Treatment Area
– Nutrient Management
• Coordinate with Conservation Plan (eliminate
redundancies)
• Split Conservation Activity Plan (CAP) 102 into
three components

21. CNMP CAP 102
• CNMP
• Current - All or nothing
• Splitting CAP
– TSPs can focus on
strengths
– Can do all or part
– Require more coordination

22. Certification
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Evaluate Criteria
TSPs and NRCS
Quality Assurance
Continuing Education

23. Summary
• CNMP is the landowner’s plan
• Tremendous amount work yet to be done
• National CNMP planning group is evaluating
the process
• Expect some changes in the near future

24. Your Input
How can we improve CNMPs
and the process of generating
them?