APPENDIX A: Estimate of Annual Costs Triggered by Siting Rule Changes over 10 Year Period |
Standard | Annual Costs | Under 1000 Animal Units (gray shading=no cost) | Over 1000 Animal Units (gray shading=no cost) |
Odor Management-New and expanded facilities | $3,150- $37,500 | The change in setbacks and odor management will not require many farms to add additional practices; however, 10 facilities will need to install a practice related to manure storage. The estimated costs will range between: Low: Windbreak-$3,150 ($4.50/ft @ 700 ft) High: Cover-$37,500.00 ($.75/sq. ft. x 50,000 sq ft) There is no cost associated with odor management plans, if required, since they can be prepared by landowners and do not mandate practices. | None of the facilities should incur additional costs to comply with the change in setbacks and odor management for the following reasons: A number of livestock facilities do not need odor control practices to meet the setback requirements. The livestock facilities would have had to install one or more odor practices to earn passing score under the previous odor standard. |
Upgrade of Nutrient Management Plans | $9,000 | 25 livestock facilities will be directly impacted since they are not required by other laws or program participation (e.g manure storage ordinances or FPP tax credits) to follow the upgraded standard. Based on average of 800 animal units and 1200 acres of spreadable land, each of these facilities will spend $3 per acre more to comply or $3,600 per operation. | Required under CAFO permit and therefore no additional costs based on the siting rule |
Waste Storage | $0 | No changes to this standard, and no new costs associated with clarification of evaluation procedures. | Required under CAFO permit and therefore no additional costs based on the siting rule. |
Waste Storage-Closure | $12,000-$20,000 | 8 livestock facilities must spend between $15,000 and $25,000 to close substandard structures. | Required under CAFO permit and therefore no additional costs based on the siting rule. |
Animal Lot Runoff—New or substantial altered | $$100,000-$ 125,000 | 10 livestock facilities will need to meet the new runoff standards for new lots, and the estimated costs for a 10,000 square foot lot will range between: Low: Roof to divert water-$100,000 High: New or expanded storage to hold runoff-$125,000 | Required under CAFO permit and therefore no additional costs based on the siting rule. |
Animal Lot Runoff—Existing | $9,900-$46,200 | 33 (60 percent of 55) livestock facilities must add practices to pass the barnyard evaluation, and estimated upgrade costs for a 10,000 square foot lot will range between: Low: Clean water diversion-$3,000 for berm High: Roof gutters at $10,000 and VTA improvement at $4,000. No costs attributed to management changes such as added cleaning. | Required under CAFO permit and therefore no additional costs |
Feed Storage-Pad and Runoff collection—New and expanded bunkers, paved areas and related structures but not bags | $860,810 | 35 livestock facilities must meet new standard, but 10 will qualify for the lower cost option based on 1 acre of feed storage, and 30 must meet higher standards based on 2.5 acres of feed storage. 10 facilities would incur an additional $43,560 ($1.00 per sq ft. more based on 1 acre) to upgrade their pad surface compared to requirements in the previous rule, and $20,000 to collect and pump leachate. 25 facilities would incur an additional $108,900 ($1.00 per sq ft. more based on 2.5 acres) to upgrade their pad surface compared to the requirements in the previous rule and $210,000 to add storage to collect leachate and runoff from 2.5 acres of feed storage. | Required under CAFO permit and therefore no additional costs based on the siting rule. |
Feed Storage—Existing bunkers, paved areas and related structures but not bags | 59,800 | Livestock facilities will incur the following costs to evaluate and upgrade their existing facilities: 55 livestock facilities will incur costs engineering evaluation of storage at $600 per evaluation. 20 facilities must install clean water diversion at $2,000 each. 35 facilities must spend $15,000 each to enhance their system to collect runoff from feed storage over 1 acre. | Required under CAFO permit and therefore no additional costs based on the siting rule. |
Other Runoff Control Standards | 0 | Managing milkhouse wastewater should not incur additional costs. Nor are there additional costs to comply with the tillage setback. By complying with the NRCS 590 standard, operations will control soil erosion to T and meet the Phosphorus Index. | Required under CAFO permit and therefore no additional costs based on the siting rule. |
Annual Costs | $1,054,660-$1,158,310 |
Ten year Costs | $10,546,600-$11,583,100 |
