Pennsylvania Code › Title 7 - AGRICULTURE › Part V - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 130e - COMMERCIAL MANURE HAULER AND BROKER CERTIFICATION › Subchapter B - CERTIFICATION › COMMERCIAL MANURE HAULERS-LEVEL 1 › Section 130e.21 - Determination of competence

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Level 1 commercial manure hauler
. Determination of competence
					 for a Level 1 commercial manure hauler shall be based on completion of a
					 certification program developed or approved by the Department as set forth in
					 section 3(a) and (b) of the act (3 P. S. §
												2010.3(a) and
					 (b)). The certification program must consist
					 of a work sheet developed or approved by the Department. The work sheet shall
					 be filled out and signed in the presence of a certified Level 3 commercial
					 manure hauler or certified Level 1 or 2 commercial manure broker. The certified
					 Level 3 commercial manure hauler or certified Level 1 or 2 commercial manure
					 broker shall sign the work sheet along with the Level 1 commercial manure
					 hauler. The work sheet must contain a verification statement whereby the
					 certified Level 3 commercial manure hauler or certified Level 1 or 2 commercial
					 manure broker attests that the person being certified has reviewed and
					 understands the information in the work sheet, will be operating under the
					 direction and supervision of the certified Level 3 commercial manure hauler or
					 certified Level 1 or 2 commercial manure broker and that the certified Level 3
					 commercial manure hauler or certified Level 1 or 2 commercial manure broker
					 accepts full responsibility for all actions of the person being certified as a
					 Level 1 commercial manure hauler, with respect to the transport and stacking of
					 manure. A Level 1 certified commercial manure hauler shall also be given a
					 training manual developed or approved by the Department. The training manual
					 shall be kept in any vehicle utilized by a Level 1 commercial manure hauler.
					 The work sheet and training manual will be available at the following
					 locations: a county conservation district office, a location of the educational
					 institution or entity that developed an approved course, the Department or a
					 regional office location of the Department. In addition, the Department will
					 make the work sheets and training manuals available to commercial manure
					 hauling and brokering businesses upon request.
(b)
Certification course
. A
					 Level 1 commercial manure hauler nonclassroom certification program and the
					 work sheet must, at a minimum, address and determine the applicant's level of
					 understanding, competence and proficiency with regard to the following topics:
(1) Recordkeeping requirements necessary to
					 meet the statutory and regulatory requirements of the act and Act 38 of
					 2005.
(2) The following matters
					 pertaining to manure transport and stacking:
(i) Community relations and public image
					 awareness, to encourage dialogue and promote cooperation.
(ii) Basic awareness and understanding of
					 safety issues related to, manure handling and biosecurity, as well as,
					 transport safety procedures and highway and equipment safety.
(iii) Understanding emergency action
					 plans.
(iv) Understanding the
					 proper placement of stacking areas and temporary storage of manure, such as set
					 back requirements, placement and covering requirements and short and long-term
					 stacking requirements.
(v)
					 Certification requirements of the act.