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must be available to the commissioner or the commissioner's | designee upon request. A nutrient management plan must include the | following: |
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| A. Provisions for soil erosion control; |
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| B. Minimum distances between manure storage, stacking and | spreading areas and property lines and surface waters; |
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| C. Results of soil tests for land designated in the plan | for manure spreading or manure irrigation; |
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| D. Results of manure tests; |
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| E. Statement of yield goals for land receiving farm | nutrients; |
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| F. Additional information established through rulemaking; |
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| G. Site-specific dates recommended for the spreading of | manure and spraying or irrigation of liquid manure. In | compliance with section 4207, the plan may not recommend | spreading between December 1st of a calendar year and March | 15th of the following calendar year; and |
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| H. A recommended timetable for implementing the plan. |
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| | Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §4204, sub-§1-A is enacted to read: |
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| | 1-A.__Fish hatcheries.__A nutrient management plan for a fish | hatchery under subsection 2, paragraph E must address discharge | into state waters.__The department may adopt routine technical | rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A to carry | out the purposes of this subsection. |
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| | Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §4204, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 1999, c. 530, §4, is | further amended to read: |
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| C. A farm that is the subject of a verified complaint of | improper manure handling; or |
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| | Sec. 3. 7 MRSA §4204, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 642, §2, is | amended to read: |
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| D. A farm that stores or utilizes regulated residuals.; or |
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| | Sec. 4. 7 MRSA §4204, sub-§2, ¶E is enacted to read: |
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| E.__A fish hatchery, except for offshore aquaculture | operations in estuarine or marine waters. |
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