Creates the concentrated animal feeding operation board to study nutrient management and exchange, and to collect and study data on nutrient management systems on certain farms in the state.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2927
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 21, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets law, in relation to estab-
lishing a concentrated animal feeding operation board
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The agriculture and markets law is amended by adding a new
2 article 26-C to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 26-C
4 CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION BOARD
5 Section 420. Concentrated animal feeding operation board.
6 § 420. Concentrated animal feeding operation board. 1. There is hereby
7 created the concentrated animal feeding operation board. The board shall
8 consist of seven members. The members of the board shall be appointed by
9 the commissioner as follows: one upon the recommendation of the commis-
10 sioner of environmental conservation, one upon the recommendation of the
11 Dean of the Cornell University School of Agriculture and Life Sciences,
12 and five members shall be private stakeholders representing the inter-
13 ests of concentrated animal feeding operation regulated farm owners,
14 nutrient management planners or specialists, and members of the environ-
15 mental community. A chair and vice-chair of such board shall be elected
16 by a majority vote of the members. The members of the board shall
17 receive no compensation for their services as members but shall be
18 allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred by them in the
19 performance of their duties pursuant to this article.
20 2. The board, in conjunction with the department, the department of
21 environmental conservation and the Cornell University School of Agricul-
22 ture and Life Sciences, shall collect data and study nutrient management
23 systems on farms with between three hundred and nine hundred ninety-nine
24 animal units (AU), and which are considered concentrated animal feeding
25 operation farms under general permit GP-99-01. The study shall measure
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 both the nutrient management capabilities of the management system and
2 the economic viability of the management system and operations. The
3 effectiveness of the nutrient management system shall be measured by the
4 nutrient uptake in the solid portion of manure solids, the nutrient
5 levels in the liquid portion and the effectiveness of creating a clean
6 water discharge. The economic viability of the nutrient management
7 system shall be measured by the cost of installation, the cost of
8 management and operation, and the usefulness of the solid and liquid
9 portions produced in the management system. Each nutrient management
10 system shall be studied to determine the effectiveness of the ability to
11 effectively monitor the nutrients in the system and the water quality in
12 the system.
13 The board shall also work in conjunction with the Cornell University
14 Turfgrass Department and the Cornell University Urban Integrated Pest
15 Management Program to collect data on the effectiveness of the nutrient
16 management system to demonstrate a nutrient exchange of the solid
17 portion of the nutrients to be used as a soil conditioner. For purposes
18 of this section, a "nutrient exchange" is defined as the use of the
19 solid portion of nutrients for a non-agricultural use as a soil condi-
20 tioner. The solids shall be measured for effectiveness and economic
21 viability on turf areas as a soil conditioner. The effectiveness of the
22 solids shall be measured for growth potential, nutrient leaching proper-
23 ties, disease suppression and thatch decomposition. The economic viabil-
24 ity of the solids as a soil conditioner shall be measured by per cubic
25 yard cost and freight cost.
26 3. The board shall appoint a nutrient management specialist to assist
27 concentrated animal farming operation regulated farms throughout the
28 state with the compliance with the concentrated animal farming operation
29 regulations. The nutrient management specialist shall assist concen-
30 trated animal farming operation farms with understanding and choosing
31 nutrient management options that are effective and economically viable.
32 4. The board shall prepare and submit a report of the results of the
33 study conducted pursuant to this section to the governor and the legis-
34 lature no later than one year after the effective date of this article.
35 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
36 have become a law.
