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OH HB611
Bill
Status
8/18/2014
Primary Sponsor
Michael Sheehy
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AI Summary
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Prohibits land application of manure on snow-covered or frozen soil, when top two inches of soil are saturated from precipitation, or when local weather forecast predicts greater than 50% chance of precipitation exceeding one-half inch in 24 hours
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Allows emergency manure application to snow-covered or frozen soil only in accordance with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service nutrient management code 590 procedures
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Requires persons intending to land apply manure to maintain sufficient storage capacity for at least 120 days of manure beginning December 1 each year in facilities designed to prevent water contamination
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Requires record-keeping of manure storage volume for entities subject to storage requirements
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Exempts agricultural operations producing 350 tons or less of manure annually from storage and application restrictions, but requires them to store manure away from streams and highly erodible ground and maintain storage volume records
Legislative Description
To prohibit a person from land applying manure under specified circumstances, and to establish related requirements.
Applying manure to land-prohibited in certain circumstances
Last Action
To Agriculture and Natural Resources
8/18/2014