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(MDAR) pursuant to its authority under M.G.L. c. 128, Sections 2(k) and Section 65(A), as
<br /> amended by St. 2012, c. 262. 330 CMR 31.00.
<br /> "Natural Organic Fertilizer" is a fertilizer product that is derived from either a plant or animal
<br /> product containing one or more elements, other than carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, which are
<br /> essential for plant growth. These materials may be subject to biological degradation processes under
<br /> normal conditions of aging, rainfall, sun-curing, air drying, composting, rotting, enzymatic or
<br /> anaerobic or aerobic bacterial action or any combination of those conditions. These materials are
<br /> not mixed with synthetic materials or changed in any physical or chemical manner from the
<br /> material's initial state except by manipulations such as drying, cooking, chopping, grinding,
<br /> shredding, hydrolysis or pelleting.
<br /> "Naturally Vegetated Buffer Zone" means areas of indigenous vegetation. Plantings may be
<br /> considered as naturally vegetated if they meet the standards of the Mashpee Conservation
<br /> Commission and include a low-growing herbaceous layer of vegetation, which includes grassland,
<br /> heathland or meadow plantings.
<br /> "Nitrogen" (N) means an element essential to plant growth. For the purposes of the Bylaw,
<br /> nitrogen may be available as slow-release, controlled-release, timed-release, slowly available, or
<br /> water insoluble nitrogen, which means nitrogen in a form that delays its availability for plant uptake
<br /> and use after application and is not rapidly available to turf and other plants; and/or quick-release,
<br /> water-soluble nitrogen which means nitrogen in a form that does not delay its availability for turf
<br /> and other plant uptake and is rapidly available for turf and other plant uptake and use after
<br /> application.
<br /> "Natural-Based Fertilizer" is a fertilizer product that is derived primarily from either a plant or
<br /> animal product containing one or more elements, other than carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, which
<br /> are essential for plant growth. These materials may be mixed with lesser amounts of synthetic
<br /> materials. For the purpose of this Bylaw, Natural-Based Fertilizers are exempt from the restrictions
<br /> on the application of Phosphorus Containing Fertilizers, if and only if, the phosphate or phosphorus
<br /> is derived from a natural-organic source.
<br /> "Person" is any individual, partnership, corporation, firm, association, authority, trust or group,
<br /> including, but not limited to, a municipality, county, the Commonwealth and its agencies, and the
<br /> federal government.
<br /> "Phosphorus" (P) is one of three primary nutrients needed by turfgrasses. Although it is present in
<br /> small amounts in turfgrass tissues (0.3-0.55 percent on a dry weight basis), phosphorus is extremely
<br /> important for rooting, seedling development, cell division, and the synthesis of various compounds
<br /> used by plants. Phosphorus (phosphates) can be supplied to turf as inorganic (synthetic) and/or
<br /> natural organic fertilizers. Inorganic phosphorus fertilizers include superphosphates and ammonium
<br /> phosphates. Natural organic fertilizers typically contain phosphorus derived from plant or animal
<br /> by-products.
<br /> "Phosphorus Containing Fertilizer" is turf fertilizer labeled for use on lawn or non-agricultural turf
<br /> in which the available phosphate content is greater than 0.67% by weight, excluding Organic
<br /> Compost, Natural Organic Fertilizer or Natural-Based Fertilizers where the phosphate is derived
<br /> from natural-organic sources.
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