If cattle are not raised on a large scale, but a small number of families are scattered or kept in captivity, the law does not require this. If the number of cattle raised reaches a certain number, which belongs to the nature of farms, it is necessary to go through the EIA procedures and report to the Environmental Protection Bureau for approval before it can be operated.

Livestock and poultry farms and communities shall, according to the needs of breeding scale and pollution prevention and control, build corresponding facilities for separating livestock and poultry manure, sewage and rainwater, facilities for storing livestock manure and sewage, facilities for comprehensive utilization and harmless treatment of manure anaerobic digestion and composting, organic fertilizer processing, biogas, biogas residue, biogas slurry separation and transportation, sewage treatment, livestock and poultry carcass disposal, etc. Those who have entrusted others to carry out comprehensive utilization and harmless treatment of livestock and poultry breeding wastes shall not build their own facilities for comprehensive utilization and harmless treatment.

Livestock and poultry farms and breeding communities shall not be put into production or use if supporting facilities for pollution prevention and control are not built, self-built supporting facilities are unqualified or others are not entrusted to comprehensively utilize and treat livestock and poultry breeding wastes harmlessly.

Livestock and poultry farms and farming communities that build their own supporting pollution prevention and control facilities shall ensure their normal operation.

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Regulations on prevention and control of pollution caused by large-scale livestock and poultry breeding

Twelfth new construction, renovation and expansion of livestock and poultry farms, breeding areas, should be in line with the development planning of animal husbandry, livestock and poultry breeding pollution prevention planning, in line with animal epidemic prevention conditions, and environmental impact assessment. Large livestock and poultry farms and farming communities that may have a significant impact on the environment shall prepare an environmental impact report; Other livestock and poultry farms and farming communities shall fill in the environmental impact registration form. The management catalogue of large-scale livestock and poultry farms and farming communities is determined by the competent department of environmental protection in the State Council and the competent department of agriculture and animal husbandry in the State Council.

The focus of environmental impact assessment should include: the types and quantities of wastes produced by livestock and poultry breeding, the schemes and measures for comprehensive utilization and harmless treatment of wastes, the consumption and treatment of wastes and their direct discharge to the environment, the possible impacts on water, soil and other environments and human health, and the schemes and measures for controlling and mitigating the impacts.