1. Prior to any land application of poultry waste by a certified poultry waste applicator, the applicator shall obtain the most recent soil and poultry waste tests as required by the Oklahoma Poultry Waste Applicators Certification Act.
2. Land application of poultry waste in a non-nutrient-limited watershed and non-nutrient-vulnerable groundwaters shall not be made at any rate which exceeds the most recently published United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Waste Utilization Standards.
3. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry may promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act which will prohibit the land application of poultry waste in nutrient-limited watersheds and nutrient-vulnerable groundwaters based upon lower soil phosphorous levels than are allowed in this section for non-nutrient-limited watersheds and non-nutrient-vulnerable groundwaters.
Added by Laws 1998, c. 232, § 19, eff. July 1, 1998. Amended by Laws 2000, c. 367, § 127, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2015, c. 313, § 16, eff. July 1, 2015.