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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 15.22.02.04" title_num="15" subtitle_num="22" chapter_num="02" heading="Soil Amendments and Fertilizers.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A producer may use any of the substances or practices in §B of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A producer shall follow label instructions, when applicable, when using the following substances:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Adjuvants and wetting agents (organic);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Animal manures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Biodynamic preparations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Blood meal;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Bone meal;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Boron/borax;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Chelates and fritted trace elements;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Composts;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Diatomaceous earth;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Dolomite;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Epsom salts;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Fallowing;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Fish emulsion;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>Fish meal;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>Gibberellic acid and other naturally occurring growth regulators;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>Green manures;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>Greensand;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(18)">
      <text>Ground oyster, clam, lobster, crab shells;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(19)">
      <text>Gypsum;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(20)">
      <text>Hoof and horn meal (low lead);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(21)">
      <text>Kelp or seaweed meals, extracts, and algae;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(22)">
      <text>Legumes as cover crops;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(23)">
      <text>Limestone;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(24)">
      <text>Microbial compost or soil inoculants;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(25)">
      <text>Micronutrients (dry and foliar);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(26)">
      <text>Molybdenum (various);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(27)">
      <text>Mulches;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(28)">
      <text>Peat moss;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(29)">
      <text>Perlite;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(30)">
      <text>Potassium sulfate;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(31)">
      <text>Rock or colloidal phosphate (low heavy metals);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(32)">
      <text>Sawdust;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(33)">
      <text>Sulfate of iron, manganese, and molybdenum;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(34)">
      <text>Sulfate of zinc, boron, copper;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(35)">
      <text>Sulfur (elemental);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(36)">
      <text>Sul po mag (langbeinite);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(37)">
      <text>Vermiculite;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(38)">
      <text>Wood ashes;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(39)">
      <text>Worm castings; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(40)">
      <text>Any other substance or practice approved by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A producer may not apply any allowed soil amendment or fertilizer at a rate that exceeds that recommended by an agency or a laboratory approved by the Department.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A producer shall forward to the Department the label and any other instructions for any product approved by the Department but not listed in this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>