355 Ind. Admin. Code 8-3-4

Current through October 23, 2024

Section 355 IAC 8-3-4 - Application of unmanipulated organic fertilizer to frozen or snow covered ground

Authority: IC 15-16-2-44

Affected: IC 15-16-2

Sec. 4.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person shall not apply unmanipulated organic fertilizer to frozen or snow covered ground as follows:

(1) Within two hundred (200) feet of surface water.

(2) Within a floodway.

(3) In an amount that exceeds fifty percent (50%) of the agronomic rate for the planned crop.

(4) With greater than two percent (2%) slope unless the ground has:

(A) at least forty percent (40%) crop residue; or

(B) a vegetative cover crop.

(b) Unmanipulated organic fertilizer applied by means of injection or same day incorporation means the ground is not considered frozen or snow covered.

355 IAC 8-3-4

State Chemist of the State of Indiana; 355 IAC 8-3-4; filed Feb 16, 2012, 11:50 a.m.: 20120314-IR-355110364FRA

Readopted filed 7/5/2018, 11:38 a.m.: 20180801-IR-355180129RFA