Pennsylvania Code
Title 7 - AGRICULTURE
Part V - Bureau of Plant Industry
Chapter 130b - NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 130b.5 - Certification authority

Universal Citation: 7 PA Code ยง 130b.5

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Individual certification authority. A person certified under this chapter as an individual nutrient management specialist is authorized to develop nutrient management plans for his own agricultural operation. An individual nutrient management specialist has no authority to develop a nutrient management plan for another person or review and recommend action on a nutrient management plan.

(b) Commercial certification authority. A person certified under this chapter as a commercial nutrient management specialist is authorized to develop nutrient management plans for another person's agricultural operation. A commercial nutrient management specialist has no authority to review or recommend action on a nutrient management plan.

(c) Public certification authority. A public employee certified as a public nutrient management specialist has authority to review and recommend action or develop a nutrient management plan for another person, or both, dependent on the certification requirements he has successfully completed.

(1) Public nutrient management review specialist. A person certified under this chapter as a public nutrient management review specialist is authorized to review nutrient management plans and make recommendations for approval or denial of nutrient management plans.

(2) Public nutrient management dual specialist. A person certified under this chapter as a public nutrient management dual specialist is authorized to review and develop nutrient management plans for another person's agricultural operation and make recommendations for approval or denial of nutrient management plans which the specialist has not personally developed.

The provisions of this § 130b.5 issued under 3 Pa.C.S. § 508(a).

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