Animal feeding operations which confine animals in numbers specified in paragraph (1) of this section and any associated on-site feed handling and/or feed milling operations which satisfy the following conditions of this section are exempt.

1. (1) Operations designed to feed no more than:

   1. (A) 1,000 cattle;
   2. (B) 1,000 horses and mules;
   3. (C) 2,500 swine weighing more than 55 pounds;
   4. (D) 10,000 sheep and goats; or
   5. (E) 1,000 animal equivalents.
2. (2) Where a combination of cattle, swine weighing over 55 pounds, horses and mules, or sheep and goats are present, animal equivalents shall be calculated by adding the following numbers.

Source Note:The provisions of this §106.161 adopted to be effective March 14, 1997, 22 TexReg 2439.