(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Best management practice” means a conservation or pollution control practice that manages soil loss due to farming practices or manages nutrients, animal wastes, or agricultural chemicals so as to minimize movement into the surface waters of the State. (c) “Eligible cost” means a capital expenditure for […]
(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that agriculturally related nonpoint sources of water pollution may potentially contribute to the degradation of the water resources of this State and that prevention and control efforts have been hampered because of the cost and lack of income producing potential in many agricultural practices designed to protect water quality. […]
(a) The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Environment shall, by jointly promulgated rule or regulation: (1) Identify geographic areas in watersheds throughout the State which have a high potential for agriculturally related soil erosion or movement of sediments, animal wastes, or agricultural chemicals into the surface waters of the State; (2) Designate priority areas for cost sharing under […]
(a) (1) State cost sharing in any project may be made available for up to 87.5% of eligible costs, not to exceed a dollar amount of up to $200,000 as determined by a regulation adopted jointly by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Environment. (2) State cost–sharing funds may be made available for any project […]
(a) In this section, “Service” means the Manure Matching Service. (b) The Department shall create a Manure Matching Service. (c) The purpose of the Service is to develop transfer programs and marketing techniques to promote and facilitate the transfer of poultry and livestock manure. (d) The Service shall be implemented in conjunction with the Manure Transportation Project set forth […]
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Commercial poultry producer” means any entity that contracts with a farmer to raise poultry for the producer on property owned or leased by the farmer. (3) “Project” means the Manure Transportation Project. (b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that: (1) The State and the commercial […]
(a) Failure by a person to establish, install, construct, or maintain a best management practice in accordance with the agreement required to be executed with the Department under § 8-704 of this subtitle shall render the person liable for an amount, to be determined by the Department, of State cost sharing funds paid for practices that […]
// EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2031 PER CHAPTER 645 OF 2021 // (a) To maximize participation in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, in fiscal years 2023 through 2031, inclusive, a landowner who enrolls land planted with a forested streamside buffer shall receive a one–time signing bonus of up to $1,000 per acre of land enrolled. (b) Signing […]
