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"Certified Fertilizer Applicator"means an Applicator certified in the manner prescribed
<br /> hereunder to apply fertilizer and manage turf in conformance with the BMP.
<br /> "Combination Products,"sometimes known as"Weed and feed,"means any product that, in
<br /> combination with fertilizer, contains pre- or post-emergence herbicides, insecticides other
<br /> pesticides or plant growth regulators.
<br /> Compost-the biologically stable humus-like material derived from composting, or the aerobic,
<br /> thermophilic decomposition of, organic matter, which is used as a fertility source for turf.
<br /> "Fertilizer"means a substance that enriches turf with elements essential for plant growth, such as
<br /> nitrogen,phosphorus, or other substances; fertilizer hereunder does not include dolomite,
<br /> limestone, or lime, grass clippings, or compost/compost tea. "Fertilize, fertilizing, or
<br /> fertilization"means the act of applying fertilizer to turf.
<br /> "Impervious surface"means a surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer of
<br /> material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water, except for compacted areas on
<br /> athletic fields such as clay or baseball infields, intensely trafficked turf and the like.
<br /> "Landscape professional"means a person, either as a sole proprietor or as part of a company,
<br /> who, in exchange for money, goods, services, or other consideration,performs landscaping
<br /> services. A Landscape professional can include turf management staff at a private golf course
<br /> operation or other private entity.
<br /> "Landscaping"means, for purposes of this Regulation, establishment(including by sod, seeding,
<br /> or transplanting),renovation, maintenance,management or fertilization of turf.
<br /> "Municipal applicator"means a public employee of a town,the county, or the state or federal
<br /> government(or an employee of a department of and within such public entity) who fertilizes and
<br /> manages turf located on property owned or controlled by a town, the county, the state or federal
<br /> government(including publicly owned golf courses and athletic fields)within the scope of their
<br /> official public employment responsibilities.
<br /> "Non-Certified Fertilizer Applicator"means an Applicator who is not certified in the manner
<br /> prescribed hereunder to manage turf and apply fertilizer in conformance with the BMP.
<br /> "Nutrient"means any of the following 17 elements needed for growth of a plant; the three(3)
<br /> non-mineral elements: carbon,hydrogen, and oxygen; the six(6)macronutrients: nitrogen,
<br /> phosphorus,potassium, calcium, magnesium, and sulfur; and the eight(8)micronutrients: boron,
<br /> copper, iron, chloride, manganese, molybdenum,nickel and zinc.
<br /> "Nutrient management"means the systematic control of the application and availability of
<br /> nutrients to plants in order to minimize nutrient loss and to maintain the productivity of the soil.
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