- (a) Unless there is a gradient barrier and a minimum setback of ten (10) feet or a filter strip with a minimum width of fifty (50) feet located between the application site and any of the known features in the following table, a person shall apply unmanipulated organic fertilizer according to the setback distances as follows:
| Unmanipulated Organic Fertilizer Application Setback Distances |
| | (in feet) | | |
| | | Liquid – | |
| | | Surface Application |
| Known | Liquid – | Liquid – | < 6% | >6% |
| Feature | Injection | Incorporation; | Slope; | Slope |
| or | Surface | or | |
| Single Pass | Application | Residue | |
| Incorporation | (solid or | Cover | |
| (liquid/solid) | compost); or | | |
| | Surface | | |
| | Application | | |
| | to Pasture | | |
| Public | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Water | | | | |
| Supply | | | | |
| Wells and | | | | |
| Surface | | | | |
| Intake | | | | |
| Surface | 25 | 50 | 100 | 200 |
| Waters | | | | |
| Sinkholes | 25 | 50 | 100 | 200 |
| Water | 50 | 50 | 100 | 200 |
| Wells | | | | |
| Drainage | 5 | 50 | 100 | 200 |
| Inlets | | | | |
| Property | 0 | 10 | 50 | 50 |
| Lines and | | | | |
| Public | | | | |
| Roads |
- (b) All setback distances described in the table under subsection (a) shall be measured from the edge of the area of actual application of unmanipulated organic fertilizer on the ground.
- (c) The term "liquid incorporation", as used in the table under subsection (a), means only unmanipulated organic fertilizer that has been incorporated into the soil within twenty-four (24) hours of application.
As added by P.L.98-2026, SEC.43.