Md. Code Regs. 15.20.05.10

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 22, November 1, 2024

Section 15.20.05.10 - Poultry Manure Rail Export Process

A. Application to Transport Manure. To receive cost-share funds for transporting manure under the Poultry Manure Rail Export Process, a person shall submit to the Department a signed, complete, accurate, and legible Departmental application that includes:

(1) The applicant's name, address, telephone number, and email address;

(2) The name and address of the eligible sending operation;

(3) The name of the commercial poultry producer that contracts with the eligible sending operation to grow poultry;

(4) A signed statement by the applicant to comply with the applicable Poultry Manure Rail Export Process rules;

(5) The location and distance between the railway depots at which the manure will be:

(a) Loaded onto rail cars before being shipped outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed; and

(b) Unloaded from rail cars after being shipped outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed;

(6) A statement that all applicable permits or approvals necessary for shipping the manure by rail have been obtained;

(7) Following shipment by rail outside the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the location or facility at which the manure will be stored before being transported to farms for land application; and

(8) Documentation that a performance bond or other security, as provided under Regulation .14 of this chapter, has been obtained.

B. A person transporting manure under the Poultry Manure Rail Export Process shall:

(1) Obtain manure only from an eligible sending operation;

(2) Handle and transport manure safely to prevent spillage and combustion, and in accordance with all biosecurity and environmental safeguards provided under Regulation .04 of this chapter;

(3) Allow a Department representative, during normal business hours, to inspect and to have access to the place of business where records are kept, to determine compliance;

(4) Obtain a performance bond or other security, as provided under Regulation .14 of this chapter; and

(5) Maintain inventory records for at least 3 years from date of payment, showing:

(a) The name of the sending operation that provided the poultry manure, including address, telephone number, and property account identification number used by the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation to indicate the location of the producer;

(b) The amount of poultry manure obtained from that producer; and

(c) The amount of poultry manure shipped under the Poultry Manure Rail Export Process.

C. Cost-share rates are established in Regulation .11 of this chapter, and the payment to a poultry manure export participant shall be based on transporting poultry manure from the railway depot in Maryland to the depot outside the Chesapeake watershed.

Md. Code Regs. 15.20.05.10

Regulations .10 recodified from .09 effective 43:3 Md. R. 273, eff.2/15/2016; amended effective 47:22 Md. R. 936, eff. 11/2/2020