N.J. Admin. Code § 7:50-6.53

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 7:50-6.53 - General agricultural standards

(a) All agricultural activities and fish and wildlife management activities, including the preparation of land and the planting, nurturing and harvesting of crops, shall be carried out in accordance with recommended management practices established for the particular agricultural activity by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, the Soil Conservation Service, and the New Jersey Agricultural Experimental Station at Rutgers University.

(b) In Agricultural Production Areas and Special Agricultural Production Areas a Resource Conservation Plan shall be prepared by the operator of every agricultural use, or the appropriate Soil Conservation District, located in an area which has been designated by any agency of federal, state, or local government as having substandard surface or ground water. If prepared by the operator, such plan shall be submitted to the Soil Conservation District for review. The Resource Conservation Plan shall be reviewed, updated and revised as necessary and shall provide for the use of recommended management practices as found in, but not limited to, the following publications:

1. Erosion and runoff: Soil Conservation Service Technical Guide;

2. Animal waste: Soil Conservation Service Animal Waste Management Field Manual; and

3. Fertilizers and Pesticides: Rutgers University, Cook College, Cooperative Extension Service Annual Recommendations.

(c) Subject to the minimum standards set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:50-5 and 6, the following agriculturally-related land uses that involve the management of waste may be permitted by the State, a county or a municipality:

1. Vegetative waste landfills and vegetative waste composting facilities that are ancillary to an agricultural operation; and

2. The land application at accepted agronomic rates of liquid or dewatered sludge, sludge derived products, composted vegetative waste, vegetative waste and animal manure as part of an agricultural operation.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:50-6.53

Amended by R.1996 d.225, effective 5/20/1996.
See: 27 New Jersey Register 3878(a), 28 New Jersey Register 2596(a).
Added (c).