Pollution Abatement Cost Share Forms

• Ag Pollution Cost Share Application - Form CS-1
• Cost Share Agreement - Form CS-2
• Itemized Cost and Certification - Form CS-3
• Supplemental Cost Share Agreement - Form CS-4

Complaints

• Standard Operating Procedures
• Addition to Standard Procedures
• Example Complaint Scenarios
• Agricultural Pollution Abatement Complaint Form
• Entering Complaints into SWIMS
• Example Complaint Letter
• Sample Meeting Agenda
• Sample Meeting Letter
• Sample Participants Invitation List
• Land Application Pollution Investigation Report
• Pollution Investigation Report
• Sediment Pollution Investigation Report
• Silvicultural Pollution Investigation Report

Brochures

• Design Guide for All-Weather Horse Paddocks
• Pollution Prevention: Managing Horses and Protecting Water Quality

Timber Harvest Notice of Intent/Timber Harvest Plan Form

• Timber Harvest Notice of Intent/Timber Harvest Plan (download this version for making copies of the form)
• Timber Harvest Notice of Intent/Timber Harvest Plan (this version is in "Form" format, download this version if you wish to complete the form on your computer)

Estimating Load Reductions For Agricultural and Urban BMPs

• Load Reduction Spreadsheet v2.2
• Region 5 Model (updated 11-17-05)
• Pollutants Controlled Calculation and Documentation for Section 319 Watersheds Training Manual (.pdf format)
• RUSLE Erosion Prediction - Ohio

What is the Agriculture Pollution Abatement Program?

Ohio's Agricultural Pollution Abatement Program (APAP) may provide farmers with cost share assistance to develop and implement best management practices (BMP) to protect Ohio's streams, creeks, and rivers. This program has been successful in helping to alleviate concerns associated with agricultural production and silvicultural operations which can create soil erosion and manure runoff.

Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution occurs when precipitation picks up contaminants and carries them to a watercourse.

The APAP is administered by Ohio Department of Natural Resources-Division of Soil and Water Conservation and implemented locally by all 88 Soil and Water Conservation Districts.

Farmers wanting to know more about the program need to contact their local SWCD for technical and potential financial assistance. Dependent upon the BMP being installed, the program offers three levels of funding caps

• high($15,000)
• medium ($10,000)
• low ($5,000)

Each funding level has a 75% cost share rate "not to exceed"? a total of $15,000 per producer per year.

The following practices are eligible for funding:

Animal waste storage structure

Settling basins and filter strips

Critical area protection

Off-stream watering and stream crossing stabilization

Roof and gutters

Water diversions

Grassed waterways

Water and sediment control basins

Erosion control structures

Wetland treatment facilities

Manure and mortality composting facilities

Heavy use areas

Swine manure aeration systems

Tile outlet control for liquid manure

Why Participate?

This program has the potential to provide agricultural producers with state funds to alleviate burdens associated with the cost of the practice. This voluntary approach is perceived as environmentally friendly and good for livestock.

In addition, it has the ability to strengthen neighbor relationships and can alleviate potential resource concerns that may otherwise lead to a complaint if left unmanaged.

History of the Agricultural Pollution Abatement Program