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- Print number 2357a
- Amend and recommit to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Prohibits the application of certain lawn fertilizers to any watersheds and drainage basins in certain counties
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Fred Thiele
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BILL NUMBER:S2357A
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the application of lawn fertilizer to watersheds and drainage basins
Purpose
Prohibits the application of lawn fertilizers containing more than zero percent phosphorus to any waters.
Summary of provisions
Adds a new Section 33-1006 to the environmental conservation law defining terms and establishing provisions relating to the application of lawn fertilizer to watersheds or drainage basins. Subdivision 1 of Section 71-2907 of the environmental conservation law is amended to set forth specific violation penalties.
Justification
The ecological health, recreational quality and aesthetic value of freshwater and marine environments is threatened when higher concentrations of phosphates are introduced into waterways by storm water runoff in drainage systems or as a non-point source of pollution into groundwater. An excess of nutrients, such as phosphorus, can increase the growth of algae and degrade the quality of water. Prohibiting the application of lawn fertilizers containing more than zero percent phosphorus to watersheds and drainage basins will help protect the environmental and recreational quality of water resources and contribute to the general health and welfare of the public.
Legislative history
2011-12 S.3554A; 2010 S.6822
Fiscal implications
To be determined
Effective date
Immediately
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