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3) If the soil test indicates that additional C. Application of nitrogen and/or phosphorus to phosphorus is needed for growth of a lawn gardens, including vegetable and flower, trees, or non-agricultural turf, application of shrubs and indoor applications including additional phosphorus shall not exceed the greenhouses;these applications are regulated by UMass Guidelines. the MDAR Fertilizer Regulations, 4) Any person who applies Phosphorus D. Application of nitrogen and/or phosphorus for Containing Fertilizer, except those making the establishment of new vegetation in the first non-professional applications,shall maintain growing season, or repairing of turf in the first records for three years of each application growing season, after substantial damage, with made. The following information shall be the restrictions described in Section 5 (b) for recorded,when applicable: applications in the buffer zone of regulated (a) Name of Applicator; Resource Areas referenced in Section 4(d). (b) Date of application; E. Application of compost or other similar materials (c) Address or location description of the that are primarily organic in nature and are application site; applied to improve the physical condition of the (d) Soil Test results for Management Units; soil, (e) Type and amount of Phosphorus Containing Fertilizer applied; F. Compost tea and liquid seaweed applications, (f) Size of the area being treated; including formulas with less than 6°Io total (g) Representative nutrient value or values; nitrogen,if and only if applied in a manner that (h) Plant Nutrient analysis of product used; follows label recommendations and/or standard (i) Method and rate of application; industry recommendations for a foliar (j) Total amount used; and application to the point of leaf runoff. No root (k) An original or legible copy of the label drenching of compost tea or liquid seaweed with of the plant nutrient. nitrogen is permitted within the buffer zone of 5) The records required under Section E.4) regulated Resource Areas referenced in Section shall be made available for inspection by the 4(d). Enforcement Authority upon request. §107-6.Recommendations §107-5.Exemptions The Town of Mashpee strongly recommends that The following activities shall be exempt from Section nitrogen and/or phosphorous should be applied to turf 4: and other plants at the lowest rate necessary, as is described in the BMP. Any single application of A. Application of nitrogen and/or phosphorus for nitrogen should not exceed 0.5 pounds of nitrogen per agriculture and horticulture uses; these 1000 square feet, and the annual aggregate total applications are regulated by the MDAR application of nitrogen should not exceed 1.0 pound Fertilizer Regulations. per 1000 square feet. The application of any nitrogen B. Application of fertilizer to golf courses, except should be of a natural-organic, slow-release, water- that any application of nitrogen on greens or insoluble form. fairways within Resource Areas referenced in Section 4(d) shall comply with the §107-7.Enforcement Authority Recommendations set forth in Section 6, and shall use 85% or higher slow-release, water- The enforcement authority for all Performance insoluble nitrogen,in organic or inorganic form Standards shall be the Agents of the Board of Health, applied with drop spreaders or spreaders with the Conservation Commission, the Department of side guards to prevent application onto Resource Natural Resources,or their designees. Areas and other non-turf areas. Golf courses with liners installed adjacent to ponds and other The fine for the first offense shall be no greater than Resource Areas to prevent leaching of nitrogen $150. A warning in lieu of a fine or other enforcement are exempt from Section 4(d) in those areas action for the first offense can be issued at the where such liners are installed. discretion of the enforcement authority. The fine for a 68