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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="8-8A-01" title_number="8" title_name="Soil Conservation" subtitle_number="8A" subtitle_name="Food Processing Residuals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Agricultural operation” means each physical site where a person engages in a business that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Grows, raises, keeps, pastures, or otherwise produces a farm product, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Any agricultural, horticultural, vegetable, or fruit product of the soil; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Livestock, poultry, eggs, dairy products, nuts, honey, and every product of a farm, a forest, or an orchard; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Has:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A gross annual income of $2,500 or more; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Eight or more animal units.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Applicant” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The owner or operator of an agricultural operation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A commercial broker or commercial hauler who has contracted with the owner or operator of an agricultural operation to have food processing residuals utilized at that location.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Commercial broker” means a person who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>For commercial purposes, assumes temporary control of food processing residuals from an agricultural operation or a food processing plant and transports or arranges the transport of this material to an importing agricultural operation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is not working for or under the control of an agricultural operation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Commercial hauler” means a person that is engaged in the business of hauling, transporting, moving, or land–applying food processing residuals as a contract agent for a farm operator, commercial broker, or food processing plant under the direction of the operator, broker, or processing plant.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Food processing residuals” means an organic material that is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Generated by processing agricultural commodities for human or animal consumption and includes food residuals, food coproducts, food processing wastes, food processing sludges, or any other incidental material whose characteristics are derived from processing agricultural products for human consumption or animal consumption; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Registered with the State Chemist as a soil conditioner.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“NRCS” means the Natural Resources Conservation Service.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Permit” means a food processing residuals utilization permit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Utilize” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Handling or storing food processing residuals or using food processing residuals for land application; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Transporting food processing residuals to or from a generator of food processing residuals to or from an agricultural operation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
