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2005 SESSION

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HB 2624 Sewage sludge; localities to adopt an ordinance that requires injection into soil.

Introduced by: Kathy J. Byron | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Injection of sewage sludge.  Provides that surface incorporation into the soil of sewage sludge applied to cropland may be required when practicable and compatible with a soil conservation plan meeting the standards and specifications of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.  This bill also directs the Board of Health to develop regulations specifying and providing for extended buffers to be employed for application of sewage sludge (i) to hay, pasture, and forestland, or (ii) to croplands where surface incorporation is not practicable or is incompatible with a soil conservation plan.  The extended buffers may be included by the Department as site specific permit conditions. 


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