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Nutrient Management Advisory Board - 3 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 510

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     § 510.  Nutrient Management Advisory Board.
        (a)  Creation.--There is created the Nutrient Management
     Advisory Board. The board shall consist of 16 members appointed
     by the chairman of the commission and approved by a two-thirds
     vote of the commission. The members so appointed shall consist
     of five active commercial farm owners or operators representing
     the livestock, swine, meat poultry, egg poultry and dairy
     industry nominated by Statewide general farm organizations, one
     veterinary nutrition specialist, one representative from the
     feed industry, one representative from the fertilizer industry,
     one representative of commercial agricultural lenders, one
     representative of local government, one representative of
     academia who shall be an agronomist or plant scientist faculty
     member of the school of agriculture of a Pennsylvania college or
     university, one representative of academia who shall be an
     animal science faculty member with an expertise in odor
     management from the school of agriculture of a college or
     university within this Commonwealth, one hydrologist, two
     citizen representatives who are not farmers and one
     environmental representative, all of whom shall have sufficient
     knowledge, experience or familiarity with agronomic practices,
     nutrient management practices or odor management practices and
     all of whom shall be residents of this Commonwealth.
        (b)  Compensation.--Board members shall not receive a salary
     but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary
     expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
        (c)  Meetings.--A majority of the board shall constitute a
     quorum. All actions of the board shall be by a majority vote.
     The board shall meet upon the call of the commission, but not
     less than semiannually, to carry out its duties under this
     chapter. The board shall annually select a chairman and such
     other officers as it deems appropriate.
        (d)  Duties.--The board shall review and comment on all
     commission proposed regulations, the interim guidelines under
     section 504(2) (relating to powers and duties of commission) and
     the interim criteria under section 504(5) developed to implement
     the provisions of this chapter. The commission shall have no
     power to promulgate regulations, interim guidelines or interim
     criteria under this chapter until receipt of written comments on
     the proposed regulations, guidelines or criteria from the board
     or until 60 days have expired from the date when the
     regulations, guidelines or criteria were submitted by the
     commission to the board for its comments. Existing regulations,
     guidelines and criteria shall continue until modified,
     superseded or repealed by the commission.
        (e)  Term.--The term of office for each board member shall be
     three years except that the commission shall stagger the initial
     terms of the charter members such that five shall serve for one
     year, five shall serve for two years and six shall serve for
     three years. Board members may be appointed to successive terms
     at the discretion of the commission, provided that no member may
     serve more than two three-year terms.

        Cross References.  Section 510 is referred to in sections
     503, 504 of this title.

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