Minnesota Administrative Rules

1573.0060 REQUIREMENTS FOR WATER RESOURCE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS ORDERS.

A.

A responsible party in a mitigation level 3 or 4 drinking water supply management area must comply with the following:

(1)

maintain field-specific records for six years, starting with the effective date of the water resource protection requirements order. The records required to be kept under this subitem must document nitrogen fertilizer use, including but not limited to its application date, application rate, any credit given for organic and inorganic nitrogen sources, the timing of the nitrogen fertilizer application, the source of the nitrogen, and the nitrogen's placement;

(2)

provide records maintained under this part to the commissioner upon request;

(3)

comply with the prohibitions on fall application and application to frozen soils under part 1573.0030, unless the application is excluded from the prohibitions under part 1573.0030, subpart 2; and

(4)

comply with any water resource protection requirements orders that apply to the drinking water supply management area governing the cropland over which the responsible party has control.

B.

This chapter is enforceable pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18D.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 103H.275

History:

43 SR 1489

Published Electronically:

July 11, 2019