Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations CAFOs

<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span>Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) are farms that meet herd size thresholds and that also confine those animals for 45 days or longer during any 12-month period in an area that does not produce vegetation. CAFOs are covered under the </span><a href='https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/water_pdf/eclcafopermit(1).pdf' rel='nofollow ugc'><span>CAFO General Permit (PDF).</span></a></p><p><span>For background information, see </span><a href='https://dec.ny.gov/regulatory/permits-licenses/wastewater-stormwater-water-withdrawal/spdes-permit-program/concentrated-animal-feeding-operations' rel='nofollow ugc'><span>Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations</span></a></p><p><span>For layer information or to download layer, see </span><a href='https://nys-gis-resources-3-sharegisny.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/nysdec::concentrated-animal-feeding-operations-cafos/about' rel='nofollow ugc'><span>Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations CAFOs</span></a></p><p><span>Download the metadata to learn more information about how the data was created and details about the attributes. Use the links within the metadata document to expand the sections of interest. </span><a href='https://nysdec.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/items/8f81795a3d1745ab9867d0af872e87a1/info/metadata/metadata.xml?format=default&amp;output=html' rel='nofollow ugc'><span>Metadata Link</span></a></p><p><span /></p></div></div></div>