                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NITROGEN APPLICATION RATES; REGULATIONS (§ 10.1-104.2:1)

A. The Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board shall adopt regulations that
amend 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
&#8220;slow or controlled release fertilizer&#8221; and &#8220;enhanced
efficiency lawn fertilizer,&#8221; 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 of Agriculture and Consumer
Services&#8217; December 2011 &#8220;Report on the Use of Slowly Available
Nitrogen in Lawn Fertilizer and Lawn Maintenance Fertilizer.&#8221;

B. Such regulatory amendment provided for in subsection A shall follow a
fast-track regulatory process established pursuant to &#xA7; 2.2-4012.1 of the
Administrative Process Act and shall be adopted no later than July 1, 2014.

HISTORY: 2012, c. 796; 2013, cc. 593, 658.