Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 130e - COMMERCIAL MANURE HAULER AND BROKER CERTIFICATION › Subchapter C - RECORDKEEPING › Section 130e.71 - Recordkeeping

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Commercial manure hauler
. A commercial manure hauler shall
				  maintain the following records, which shall be open to inspection by the
				  Department or its agents during regular business hours and shall be maintained
				  for 3 years after the date of transport or land application of the manure,
				  whichever is later in time. When a Level 1 or Level 2 commercial manure hauler
				  is operating as the employee of or as a contract agent for a Level 3 commercial
				  manure hauler, the records shall be the responsibility of and kept by the Level
				  3 commercial manure hauler.
(1)
Agreement
. A copy of the agreement or contract between the
				  commercial manure hauler and each agricultural operator or commercial manure
				  broker for which the commercial manure hauler is transporting or land applying
				  manure, or both.
(2)
Records
. The following records shall be maintained:
(i) Records setting forth the name and
				  address of each agricultural operator or commercial manure broker for which the
				  commercial manure hauler has or is currently transporting or land applying, or
				  both, manure.
(ii) Records for each
				  load of manure transported or land applied, which must detail:
(A) The name and location of the agricultural
				  operator or commercial manure broker from which the manure was obtained or on
				  whose behalf the manure was transported or land applied, and the date and time
				  of the transport or application, or both, of the manure.
(B) The name and location of the agricultural
				  operator, commercial manure broker, importing operation or facility or all of
				  the these entities if more than one is involved, to which the manure was
				  transported or on whose property the manure was land applied, or
				  both.
(C) The name, address and
				  certification number of each person involved in the transport or application,
				  or both, of the manure.
(iii) When the commercial manure hauler is
				  land applying the manure the following additional recordkeeping requirements
				  apply:
(A) The location of the field to which
				  each load of manure was applied, as identified in an approved nutrient
				  management plan or a nutrient balance sheet.
(B) The name, certification number and
				  signature of each commercial manure hauler or broker that land applied the
				  manure to each location.
(C) The
				  date of the application.
(D) The
				  total amount of manure applied to each field.
(E) The number of acres to which manure was
				  applied.
(F) The rate of manure
				  application for each field.
(G) The
				  crop group or type of groundcover for each field to which manure was
				  applied.
(H) The source-nutrient
				  balance sheet or appropriate summary or nutrient application sections and maps
				  of the approved nutrient management plan-followed to determine appropriate
				  application rates for each field to which the manure was applied.
(I) When manure from a CAO, CAFO or volunteer
				  operation is land applied on an importing operation, a copy of the nutrient
				  balance sheet utilized for each land application.