Md. Code Regs. 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.
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