Delaware Code
Subchapter II. Delaware Nutrient Management Commission
§ 2221. Adoption of regulations; voting; considerations.

(a) With the guidance, advice and consent of the Commission, the Secretary shall, by July 1, 2000, develop and adopt regulations to implement this chapter. A majority vote of the full Commission shall constitute consent for purposes of this subsection. Regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Administrative Procedures Act.
(b) In developing regulations concerning nutrient management planning, the Secretary and the Commission shall consider any waste management planning requirements imposed on animal producers or nutrient users through their commercial processor and shall, to the maximum extent possible, strive to reduce any duplication in effort on the part of the contractor or property owner.
(c) The Commission may not approve any regulation and the Secretary may not promulgate any regulation that requires tilled lands to be converted for grass filter strips, vegetated and/or forested buffer strips along Delaware's lakes, streams, rivers, ponds, drainage ditches or any other natural or artificial conveyance system.

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