3 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 5 - Nutrient Management And Odor Management

• Chapter Notes
• Section 501 - Scope
  This chapter relates to nutrient management and odor management.
• Section 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...
• Section 503 - Definitions
  The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly...
• Section 504 - Powers And Duties Of Commission
  The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Before July 19, 1995, and periodically thereafter, to promulgate regulations, in consultation with the...
• Section 505 - Powers And Duties Of Department Of Environmental Protection
  The Department of Environmental Protection shall have the following powers and duties: (1) Before July 19, 1994, to make an assessment of and report...
• Section 506 - Nutrient Management Plans
  (a) Concentrated animal operations.--Concentrated animal operations are those agricultural operations where the animal density exceeds two AEUs per acre on an annualized basis. Beginning...
• Section 507 - Manure Application Setbacks And Buffers
  (a) General rule.--Unless the commission establishes a stricter requirement by regulation, no concentrated animal operation or other agricultural operation receiving manure from a concentrated...
• Section 508 - Nutrient Management Certification Program And Odor Management Certification Program
  (a) Requirement.--The department shall establish, in consultation with the commission, a nutrient management certification program for the purpose of certifying individuals who have demonstrated...
• Section 509 - Odor Management Plans
  (a) Requirement.-- (1) The following operations shall develop and implement an odor management plan as described in this chapter: (i) Existing concentrated animal operations...
• Section 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...
• Section 511 - Financial Assistance
  (a) Loans, grants, etc.--The commission shall, to the extent funds are available, provide financial assistance in the form of loans, loan guarantees and grants...
• Section 512 - Nutrient Management Fund
  (a) Establishment of fund.--There is established a special nonlapsing fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Nutrient Management Fund. All fees,...
• Section 513 - Unlawful Conduct
  It shall be unlawful to fail to comply with or to cause or assist in the violation of any order or any of the...
• Section 514 - Civil Penalties And Remedies
  (a) Civil penalty.--In addition to proceeding under any other remedy available at law or in equity for a violation of a provision of this...
• Section 515 - Limitation Of Liability
  If a person is fully and properly implementing a nutrient management plan or an odor management plan approved by the local conservation district or...
• Section 516 - Enforcement Authority; Enforcement Orders
  (a) Right of access.--A duly authorized agent of the commission or a conservation district shall have authority to enter any agricultural operation at reasonable...
• Section 517 - Appealable Actions
  Any person aggrieved by an order or other administrative action of the commission issued pursuant to this chapter shall have the right, within 30...
• Section 518 - Powers Reserved Under Existing Laws
  Nothing in this chapter shall limit in any way whatever the powers conferred upon the commission, the department, the Department of Environmental Protection or...
• Section 519 - Preemption Of Local Ordinances
  (a) General.--This chapter and its provisions are of Statewide concern and occupy the whole field of regulation regarding nutrient management and odor management, to...
• Section 520 - Repeals
  All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as they are inconsistent with this chapter.
• Section 521 - Other Statutes Not Affected
  This chapter shall not be construed as modifying, rescinding or superseding any other statute or as regulating biosolids and shall be read in pari...
• Section 522 - Regulations
  The Department of Environmental Protection is authorized to adopt such regulations as it deems necessary to its administration and enforcement of this chapter. This...

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