2/13/2014 ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Minutes

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a. The application of nitrogen is prohibited between October 44h-30°i and April 14"'unless specifically designated by the Town Board of Health the Town Conservation Commission or the Board of Selectmen. b. No person shall cause nitrogen to apply to, or otherwise be deposited te-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 directly before or during a heavy rain event d. The application of nitrogen is prohibited within 100'of the following Resource Areas,as defined in The Mash pee Wetlands Protection Bylaw Section 2 and Regulations any freshiv_ater or coastal vhetlands marshes wet meadows bobs; s4zamps vernal pools; lakes; ponds streams creeks and estuaries. Where there is a 50'naturally vegetated buffer zone to an freshwater or coastal wetlands marshes wet. meadows' bogs; swamps; vernat pools; lakes: and estuaries an application of nitrogen is prohibited within 50'of that protected Resource Area An application of nitrogen is always prohibiwd with 100'of an5z ponds;streams and creeks. 5.Exemptions The following activities shall be exempt from Section 4: a. Application of nitrogen for agriculture and horticulture uses 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. c. Application of nitrogen to gardens,including vegetable and flower,trees,shrubs and indoor applications including greenhouses d. Application of nitrogen for the establishment of new vegetation in the first growing season,or repairing of turf in the first growing season,after substantial damage ee.Yard waste compost or other similar materials that are primarily organic in nature and are applied to improve the physical condition of the soil. Compost tea and liquid sea kelp applications.including formulas with less than 5%total nitrogen if and only if applied in a manner that follows label recommendations and/or standard industr r recommendations for a foliar application to the point of leaf runoff No root drenching of compost tea or liquid sea kelp with nitrogen is permitted within Resource Areas referenced in section 4(d). 5.Recommendations The Town of Maslipge strongly recommends that nitrogen should be applied to turf and other plants at the lowest rate necessary. Any singe application of nitrogen should not exceed 0.5 pounds of nitrogen per 1000 square feet,and the annual aggregate total application of nitrogen should not exceed 1.0 pounds per 1000 square feet. The application of any nitrogen should be of an organic,slow-release,water-insoluble form. 7.Enforcement Authority The enforcement authority shall be the Agents of the Board of Health or his or her designees. Enforcement of the provisions in section 4(d)shall be the Agents of the Conservation Commission or his or her designecs. 8.Severabi►ity Clause Should any section,part or provision of this by-law be deemed invalid or unconstitutional,such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining terms of this by-law as a whole or any part thereof, other than the section,part or provision held invalid or unconstitutional.