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be established by the Board of Selectmen to assist in undertaking the duties referenced in this paragraph. B. No person shall cause nitrogen from any fertilizer application to apply to, or otherwise be deposited on any impervious surface including parking lot, driveway, roadway, sidewalk, frozen soil or ice. Any fertilizer applied, spilled, and/or deposited on any impervious surface, either intentionally or accidentally, must be immediately and completely removed and contained and either legally applied to turf or any other legal site or returned to an appropriate container. C. No person shall apply nitrogen 24 hours before or during a heavy rain event or apply nitrogen onto saturated ground. An application of nitrogen should be watered in with no more than one-quarter inch (0.25 inch) of irrigation or natural rain within the next 24 hour period. D. The application of nitrogen is prohibited within 100' of the following Resource Areas, as defined in The Mashpee Wetlands Protection Bylaw, Section 2 and Regulations: any freshwater or coastal wetlands; marshes; wet meadows; bogs; swamps; vernal pools; lakes; ponds; rivers, streams; creeks; and estuaries. Notwithstanding the above, where there is a 50' naturally vegetated buffer zone to any freshwater or coastal wetlands; marshes; wet meadows; bogs; swamps; vernal pools; ponds; lakes; and estuaries, an application of nitrogen is prohibited within 50' of that protected Resource Area. An application of nitrogen is prohibited within 100' of any rivers; streams; and creeks, as defined in the Rivers Protection Act, Chapter 258 of the Acts of 1996. There are alternative methods of enhancing turf within these prohibited areas without application of nitrogen; see Sections 5(e) and 5(f). A Certified Fertilizer Applicator may apply to the Town Conservation Commission for approval to authorize limited applications of nitrogen on turf within these prohibited areas. A working group may be established by the Town Conservation Commission to assist in undertaking the duties referenced in this paragraph. §107-5. Exemptions The following activities shall be exempt from Section 4: A. Application of nitrogen for agriculture and horticulture uses; these applications are regulated by the MDAR Fertilizer Regulations. B. Application of fertilizer to golf courses, except that any application of nitrogen on greens or fairways within Resource Areas referenced in Section 4(d) shall comply with the Recommendations set forth in Section 6, and shall use 85% or higher slow- release, water-insoluble nitrogen, in organic or inorganic form applied with drop spreaders or spreaders with side guards to prevent application onto Resource Areas and other non-turf areas. Golf courses with liners installed adjacent to ponds and other Resource Areas to prevent leaching of nitrogen are exempt from Section 4(d) in those areas where such liners are installed. C. Application of nitrogen to gardens, including vegetable and flower, trees, shrubs and indoor applications including greenhouses; these applications are regulated by the MDAR Fertilizer Regulations, 10