Confined Animal Facilities
To request a copy of documents listed on this page, please contact the Confined Animal Facilities Program Unit at RB5-CAF@waterboards.ca.gov.
Poultry Regulations and Requirements
- Waste Discharge Requirements General Order for Poultry Operations (Poultry General Order)
- Order No. R5-2019-0034, Amending Waste Discharge Requirements Order R5-2016-0087
- Order No. R5-2016-0087-01, Waste Discharge Requirements General Order for Poultry Operations
- Order No. R5-2016-0087, Waste Discharge Requirements for Poultry Operations
- Notice of Intent to apply for coverage under the Poultry General Order (Attachment A)
- Supplement to Notice of Intent for facilities that have on-site composting (Attachment A1)
Notice of Intent (NOI) Filing
The deadline to file a Notice of Intent for coverage under the Poultry General Order is December 31, 2017.
NOIs for facilities in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, and Tulare counties
- Submit by email as a PDF to:
centralvalleyfresno@waterboards.ca.gov
- or by mail to:
California Regional Water Quality Control Board
Central Valley Region
1685 E Street
Fresno, CA 93706
Attention: Confined Animal Regulatory Unit
NOIs for facilities in all other counties
- Submit by email as a PDF to:
centralvalleysacramento@waterboards.ca.gov
- or by mail to:
California Regional Water Quality Control Board
Central Valley Region
11020 Sun Center Drive #200
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Attention: Confined Animal Regulatory Unit
When you submit the NOI to the Central Valley Water Board, please be sure to include a copy of the check that you send to the State Water Resources Control Board for the fee. A link to the fee schedule can be found here:
Fee Submittal
- 2022-23 Fee Schedules
NOTE: The poultry fee schedule and a table to assist in converting your animal count to Animal Equivalent Units (AEUs) can be found on Page 10
- Mail the appropriate fee to the State Water Resources Control Board at:
SWRCB Accounting Office
ATTN: Annual Fees
P.O. Box 1888
Sacramento, CA 95812-1888
Filing an Operation and Maintenance Plan - Low Threat Operations
- The deadline for filing an Operation and Maintenance Plan (O & M Plan) is 1 August 2018. Guidelines for preparing an O & M Plan for a poultry operation classified as Low Threat can be found in the following document:
- The O & M Plan should be submitted through the GeoTracker system:
The Central Valley Water Board has implemented a Paperless Office system that requires electronic submittal of information (ESI) to reduce paper use, increase efficiency, and provide a more effective way for our staff, the public and interested parties to view case files and other file documents on the State Water Resources Control Board's Internet-accessible database system (GeoTracker database).
You or your representative need to set up a GeoTracker user account. Instructions for setting up an account and the process of claiming a site, formatting and uploading data, and other technical information can be found under the "ESI Overview" and "Getting Started" sections at https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ust/electronic_submittal/.
Please convert all correspondence that you would normally submit to us as hard copies to a searchable Portable Document Format (PDF). Documents should be less than 400 MB to be uploaded to the GeoTracker database. PDF file size reduction tools should be used to reduce the size of files larger than 400 MB (be sure to retain a copy of your original file just in case your reduced-size PDF results in unacceptable viewing clarity and you need to redo the size-reduction process using different reduction settings).
