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This law was first created in 2012. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 796<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2013, chapters 593<\/a> and 658<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62113,"section_number":"2.2-4012.1","catch_line":"Fast-track rulemaking process","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4012.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":143357,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63863,"identifier":"10.1-104.2:1","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/1\/10.1-104.2_1","url":"\/10.1-104.2_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/10.1-104.2_1\/","token":"10.1\/I\/1\/1\/10.1-104.2_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Nitrogen application rates; regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 10.1-104.2:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board shall adopt regulations that amend<\/span> the application rates in the Virginia Nutrient Management Standards and Criteria by incorporating into such regulations or the documents incorporated by reference the recommended application rates for nitrogen in lawn fertilizer and lawn maintenance fertilizer and the recommended application rates for “slow or controlled release fertilizer” and “enhanced efficiency lawn fertilizer,” as such terms are defined and adopted or proposed for adoption by the Association of American Plant Food Control Officials, as described in the Virginia Department<\/span> of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ December 2011 “Report on the Use of Slowly Available Nitrogen in Lawn Fertilizer and Lawn Maintenance Fertilizer.” <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Such regulatory amendment provided for in subsection A shall follow a fast-track regulatory process established pursuant to § 2.2-4012.1<\/a> of the Administrative Process Act and shall be adopted no later than July 1, 2014. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNITROGEN APPLICATION RATES; REGULATIONS (\u00a7 10.1-104.2:1)\n\nA. The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board shall adopt regulations that\namend the application rates in the Virginia Nutrient Management Standards and\nCriteria by incorporating into such regulations or the documents incorporated by\nreference the recommended application rates for nitrogen in lawn fertilizer and\nlawn maintenance fertilizer and the recommended application rates for\n“slow or controlled release fertilizer” and “enhanced\nefficiency lawn fertilizer,” as such terms are defined and adopted or\nproposed for adoption by the Association of American Plant Food Control\nOfficials, as described in the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer\nServices’ December 2011 “Report on the Use of Slowly Available\nNitrogen in Lawn Fertilizer and Lawn Maintenance Fertilizer.”\n\nB. Such regulatory amendment provided for in subsection A shall follow a\nfast-track regulatory process established pursuant to § 2.2-4012.1 of the\nAdministrative Process Act and shall be adopted no later than July 1, 2014.\n\nHISTORY: 2012, c. 796; 2013, cc. 593, 658.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}