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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:

 
A. Provisions for soil erosion control;

 
B. Minimum distances between manure storage, stacking and
spreading areas and property lines and surface waters;

 
C. Results of soil tests for land designated in the plan
for manure spreading or manure irrigation;

 
D. Results of manure tests;

 
E. Statement of yield goals for land receiving farm
nutrients;

 
F. Additional information established through rulemaking;

 
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

 
H. A recommended timetable for implementing the plan.

 
Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §4204, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

 
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.

 
Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §4204, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 1999, c. 530, §4, is
further amended to read:

 
C. A farm that is the subject of a verified complaint of
improper manure handling; or

 
Sec. 3. 7 MRSA §4204, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 642, §2, is
amended to read:

 
D. A farm that stores or utilizes regulated residuals.; or

 
Sec. 4. 7 MRSA §4204, sub-§2, ¶E is enacted to read:

 
E.__A fish hatchery, except for offshore aquaculture
operations in estuarine or marine waters.


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