Poultry EPCRA ‘Continuous Report’ Form
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8. Within that one mile radius report any Sensitive Populations along with distance and direction
from your farm:
(e.g. schools, hospitals, retirement communities, or wetlands) List or state none if there are none
within one mile radius.
9. This continuous release is routine, anticipated, and intermittent and incidental to normal
operations as a result of growing animals for production of meat or eggs. Some of the organic nitrogen
in manure converts to ammonia (or ammonia hydroxide) and may be ventilated from the house.
This release report is an estimate of ammonia released from chicken manure based on a guidance document
published as ‘Ammonia Emissions Estimator’ by Rick Koelsch and Rick Stowell, University of Nebraska.
Air_Emissions_Reporting_Requirements
10. Affected Medium:
Air: Yes - this is an area source from chicken houses that have variable surface areas.
Surface Water: No
Soil or Ground Water: No
11. Identity and Quantity of Each Hazardous Substance Released:
Hydrogen Sulfide (H
S) CAS RN# 7783-06-4 Studies to date indicate this substance is an insignificant
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component of any air emissions from chicken manure and are well below the reportable quantity of 100
pounds per 24 hours unless you have over 3.5 million chickens onsite.
Ammonia (NH
) CAS RN# 7664-41-7
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12. Estimated Daily (24 hours) Ammonia emissions upper and lower bound:
# of birds means total birds at your operation…example 5 houses with maximum of 150,000 birds.
Upper Bound (0.0015 pounds per day x total # of birds) = U = ___________ pounds per day for all poultry
houses on site.
Upper Bound ÷ # poultry houses = __________ pounds per day per house.
Lower Bound (0.00076 pounds per day x total # of birds) = L = ________ pounds per day for all houses.
Lower Bound ÷ # poultry houses = __________ pounds per day per house.
13. Estimated Total Quantity Ammonia (CAS # 7664-41-7) released per year:
Normal Range in lbs/day
Total lbs Quantity
Upper
Lower
Number of Days
Released in
Bound
Bound
Release over
Previous Year
Months Released
‘U’
‘L’
100 pounds occurs:
U to L total:
All months but mostly
_____
_____
unknown (0-100)
________ to ______ lbs
warmer summer months
Multipy U then multiply L by number of days poultry houses are in use (usually 300 days is good estimate)
Example: if U = 300 and L = 152 then Total Quantity = 300 X 300 days to 152 X 300 days or 90,000 to 45,600 (lbs)
Form version dated February 27, 2009
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