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Attachment E E-3 Reissued Waste Discharge Requirements General Order R5-2013-0122 Existing Milk Cow Dairies 20. "Irrigation return flow" is defined as surface and subsurface water that leaves a field following application of irrigation water. 21. "Land application area" is defined as land under control of the milk cow dairy owner or operator, whether it is owned, rented, or leased, to which manure or process wastewater from the production area is or may be applied for nutrient recycling. 22. "Manure" is defined as the fecal and urinary excretion of livestock and other commingled materials. Manure may include bedding, compost, and waste feed. 23. "Manured solids" is defined as manure that has a sufficient solids content such that it will stack with little or no seepage. 24. "Mature dairy cow" is defined as a dairy cow that has produced milk at any time during her life. 25. "Normal precipitation" is defined as the long-term average precipitation based on monthly averages over the time that data has been collected at a particular weather station. Normal precipitation is usually taken from data averaged over a 30-year period (e.g. 1971 to 2000) if such data is available. 26. "Nuisance" is defined in Water Code section 13050(m) as "...anything which meets all of the following requirements: (1) Is injurious to health, or is indecent or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property. (2) Affects at the same time an entire community or neighborhood, or any considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal. (3) Occur during, or as a result of, the treatment or disposal of wastes." 27. "Nutrient" is defined as any element taken in by a plant which is essential to its growth and which is used by the plant in elaboration of its food and tissue. 28. "Nutrient recycling" is defined as the application of nutrients at agronomic rates for crop production. 29. "Off-property discharge" is defined as the discharge or release of waste beyond the boundaries of the property of the dairy's production area or the land application area or to water bodies that run through the production area or land application area. 30. "Open tile line intake structure" is defined as an air vent for a subsurface (tile) drain system.