Pennsylvania § 502 Declaration of legislative purpose

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 502 — Declaration of legislative purpose

Pennsylvania § 502

Title 3AGRICULTURE

PartPART I

Ch. 5NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AND ODOR MANAGEMENT

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3 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 502 (2026).

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The purposes of this chapter are as follows:

(1)To establish criteria, nutrient management planning requirements and an implementation schedule for the application of nutrient management measures on certain agricultural operations which generate or utilize animal manure.

(2)To provide for the development of an educational program by the State Conservation Commission in conjunction with the Cooperative Extension Service of The Pennsylvania State University, the department and conservation districts to provide outreach to the agricultural community on the proper utilization and management of nutrients on farms to prevent the pollution of surface water and groundwater.

(3)To require the State Conservation Commission, in conjunction with the Cooperative Extension Service of The Pennsylva

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The purposes of this chapter are as follows:

(1) To establish criteria, nutrient management planning requirements and an implementation schedule for the application of nutrient management measures on certain agricultural operations which generate or utilize animal manure.

(2) To provide for the development of an educational program by the State Conservation Commission in conjunction with the Cooperative Extension Service of The Pennsylvania State University, the department and conservation districts to provide outreach to the agricultural community on the proper utilization and management of nutrients on farms to prevent the pollution of surface water and groundwater.

(3) To require the State Conservation Commission, in conjunction with the Cooperative Extension Service of The Pennsylvania State University, the Department of Environmental Protection, the department and the Nutrient Management Advisory Board to develop and provide technical and financial assistance for nutrient management and alternative uses of animal manure, including a manure marketing and distribution program.

(4) To require the Department of Environmental Protection to assess the extent of nonpoint source pollution from other nutrient sources, determine the adequacy of existing authority and programs to manage those sources and make recommendations to provide for the abatement of that pollution.

(5) To require the State Conservation Commission, in conjunction with the Nutrient Management Advisory Board, to develop and administer a regulatory program requiring odor management plans addressing new and expanded animal housing facilities and manure management facilities at concentrated animal operations and concentrated animal feeding operations after July 19, 1993, and to encourage the voluntary implementation of odor management plans for other agricultural operations.