Arizona Laws 49-202.01. Surface water quality general grazing permit; best management practices for grazing activities; definition
A. As part of the duties established pursuant to section 49-203, subsection A, paragraph 4, the director shall implement a surface water quality general grazing permit consisting of voluntary best management practices for grazing activities.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 49-202.01
- Best management practices: means those methods, measures or practices to prevent or reduce discharges and includes structural and nonstructural controls and operation and maintenance procedures. See Arizona Laws 49-201
- Director: means the director of environmental quality or the director's designee. See Arizona Laws 49-201
- Discharge: means the direct or indirect addition of any pollutant to the waters of the state from a facility. See Arizona Laws 49-201
- Nonpoint source: means any conveyance that is not a point source from which pollutants are or may be discharged to WOTUS. See Arizona Laws 49-201
- Permit: means a written authorization issued by the director or prescribed by this chapter or in a rule adopted under this chapter stating the conditions and restrictions governing a discharge or governing the construction, operation or modification of a facility. See Arizona Laws 49-201
- WOTUS: means waters of the state that are also navigable waters as defined by section 502(7) of the clean water act. See Arizona Laws 49-201
B. The terms and conditions of the surface water quality general grazing permit shall be voluntary best management practices that have been determined by the committee to be the most practical and effective means of reducing or preventing the nonpoint source discharge of pollutants into WOTUS by grazing activities.
C. In adopting voluntary grazing best management practices, the committee shall consider:
1. The availability and effectiveness of alternative technologies.
2. The economic and social impacts of alternative technologies on grazing and associated industries.
3. The institutional considerations of alternative technologies.
4. The potential nature and severity of discharges from grazing activities and their effect on WOTUS.
D. For the purposes of this section, "grazing activities" means the feeding of all classes of domestic ruminant and nonruminant animals on grasses, forbs and shrubs in Arizona watersheds.