I would like to query each state as to whether you have an agricultural soil loss limits/soil erosion law on the books? Please respond yes or no. If you respond yes could you provide me with a statutory citation?
Thanks, Doug
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I would like to query each state as to whether you have an agricultural soil loss limits/soil erosion law on the books? Please respond yes or no. If you respond yes could you provide me with a statutory citation?
Thanks, Doug
Virginia has no statuatory requirements assoicated with soil loss.
Unsure if this is what you're looking for...this is Hawaii's law re: soil erosion
Chapter 180C - Soil Erosion and Sediment Control, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The primary responsibility to carry out the law is with the counties (Section 180C-2) and the State Department of Health (Section 180C-4)
Here is the link to the Chapter:
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS0180C/HRS_0180C-.htm
Doug,
South Dakota has adopted Soil Erosion and Sediment standards under South Dakota Codified Law (SDCL) 38-8A. SDCL 38-8A-3 directed the South Dakota Conservation Commission to develop state erosion and sediment control guidelines with public input. Those guidelines are set at 1 "T" or less.
SDCL 38-8A also directs the conservation districts to enforce those standards.
Please let me know if you need anything else.
Bill Smith
Maine does not have a soil erosion law but does have a law that requires farmers to follow best management practices. Excessive erosion from ag land or erosion that was causing sedimentation of a waterbody would be considered to be in violation of that law.
LA does not a law setting soil loss limits.
Brad
Yes, for Iowa and this information can be found at this link and the specific Iowa Chapter is 161A.44-161A.46
http://coolice.legis.iowa.gov/Cool-ICE/default.asp?category=billinfo&service=IowaCode&ga=83&input=161A#161A.44
Thank you,
Pennsylvania has a regulatory requirement for soil loss. It is not specified in our Clean Streams Law, but the regulation is enacted under that statutory authority.
For agricultural plowing or tilling activities, the E&S Plan must, at a minimum, limit soil loss from accelerated erosion to the soil loss tolerance (T) over the planned crop rotation.
The requirement is found in 25 PA Code Chapter 102.4(a)(4)(i) http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/025/chapter102/s102.4.html
The complete regulation is found at: http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/025/chapter102/chap102toc.html
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