New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 2 - AGRICULTURE
Chapter 90 - STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Subchapter 2 - SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT COST SHARING: ELIGIBLE PROJECTS
Section 2:90-2.9 - Sod waterways
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 2:90-2.9
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Sod waterways which reduce erosion of land and the pollution of water from agricultural non-point sources may be applied to farmland needing permanent sod waterways to safely convey excess surface runoff water.
(b) The following types of practices are approved for sod waterways:
1. Cost-sharing is authorized for site
preparation, grading, shaping, filling, and establishing permanent vegetative
cover.
2. Cost-sharing is authorized for
subsurface drains and stone lining that are necessary for proper functioning of the
waterway.
(c) The following special conditions are applicable to sod waterways:
1. The cover may consist of sod-forming grasses,
legumes, mixtures of grasses and legumes, or other types of vegetative cover that
will provide the needed protection from erosion.
2. Close-sown small grains or annuals may be used
for temporary protection followed by eligible permanent vegetative cover established
by seeding.
(d) The system shall be maintained for a minimum of eight years following calendar year of installation.
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