1. A. Expenses eligible for State cost-share for an applicant shall be established by the Department based on the following:

   1. (1) Either mileage or distance, or both, of manure transported;
   2. (2) Amount of manure transported;
   3. (3) Mode of transportation;
   4. (4) Cost of analyzing manure before transporting;
   5. (5) Cost of loading manure on transportation equipment;
   6. (6) Cost of hauling manure from a producing or storage area to a receiving area; and

   7. (7) Amount of matching cost-share funds to transport poultry manure provided by a commercial poultry producer for eligible costs, and the State’s share as determined by the Department, which will consider factors including but not limited to the following when establishing the match:

      1. (a) The amount of funds a commercial poultry producer has committed to provide during the fiscal year;
      2. (b) The amount of State funds available for the Project; and
      3. (c) Demand for Project funds.
2. B. The Department may provide additional cost-share funds for the transport of poultry manure from Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, or Worcester counties to eligible fields for land application or for alternative uses.
3. C. The maximum amount of eligible cost-share for transportation of poultry manure under this chapter is the total of eligible expenses.
4. D. The maximum amount of cost-share under this chapter for the transport of animal manure other than poultry manure is up to 87.5 percent of eligible expenses.

5. E. The Department may not provide cost-share for any repeated transportation of the same manure, unless a participant can successfully demonstrate to the Department that the transportation is:

   1. (1) To or from a staging area or centralized collection facility; and
   2. (2) Cost-effective.
6. F. If a manure broker stockpiles or stores manure, the broker may apply for cost-share funds for transporting the manure. However, the manure broker is eligible only to receive payment for the mileage which represents the most direct transport route from the eligible sending operation to the eligible receiving operation or alternative use facility.

Authority: Agriculture Article, §8-704.2, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.07 adopted as an emergency provision effective January 7, 1999 (26:3 Md. R. 174); adopted permanently effective April 5, 1999 (26:7 Md. R. 546)

Chapter revised as an emergency provision effective July 17, 2000 (27:16 Md. R. 1520); revised permanently effective October 30, 2000 (27:21 Md. R. 1977)

Chapter revised as an emergency provision effective December 1, 2000 (27:26 Md. R. 2356); revised permanently effective March 19, 2001 (28:5 Md. R. 552)

Chapter revised as an emergency provision effective March 24, 2004 (31:8 Md. R. 644); revised permanently effective June 21, 2004 (31:12 Md. R. 913)

Chapter revised effective February 15, 2016 (43:3 Md. R. 273)

Regulations .01—.10 repealed and new Regulations .01—.16 adopted as an emergency provision effective May 29, 2020 (47:13 Md. R. 639); adopted permanently effective November 2, 2020 (47:22 Md. R. 936)