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Declaration of legislative purpose - 3 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 502

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     § 502.  Declaration of legislative purpose.
        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.

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