A3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 13,19C0
BYCURT HAULER
HARRISBURG - Plans to
attach strings to the Clean
and Green tax break, often
allowed by Act 319’s
preferential ag tax
assessement, have met
opposition from state farm
groups and other
organizations..
At a Wednesday hearing,
farm groups reacted
strongly against methods
used to attach regulations to
Act 319 which the Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture has proposed.
On Thursday afternoon the
Secretary of Agriculture
announced he would form an
advisory committee to
review the regulations as
submitted and look
especially at Section 137.10 C.
The Secretary said he will
solicit nominees from county
commissioners whose job it
is to administer Act 319’s
provisions, as well as from
farm groups.
Among other things, the
Six Del.
win national honors
CHICAGO Six Delaware
4-H members received
national recognition for their
projects at the National 4-H
Congress, November 29-
December 4. They are Chris
Kittila, Valene Moore, Tami
Gundry, Steve Majchrzak,
Debbie Stradley and Jon B.
Harcum.
Chns Kittila, of Seaford,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Allan B.
Kittila, won a $lOOO
scholarship sponsored by
Eastman Kodak for his
photography project. Chns
is a member of the Seaford
Blue Jays 4-H Club.
Valerie Moore, a member
of the Porter Gang 4-H Club,
was awarded a $lOOO
scholarship for her health
project by Kraft, Inc. and Eh
Lilly. Valene is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Irwin C.
Moore, of Bear.
In the field of foods and
nutrition, Tami Gundry was
awarded a $lOOO scholarship
by the General Foods Cor
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Farm groups oppose strings
Green tax law
on Clean and
new rules would require an
approved forestry
management plan in order to
receive Clean and Green tax
treatment for forest
reserves. They also would
require land in an ag
preserve be 60 percent in soil
use classes I to VI
Both the State Grange and
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association said they believe
the Department’s proposal
137 lOC to require a
management plan goes
beyond the authority
granted the Department by
the legislature in Act 319.
Neither opposed the
Department’s general
concept, but both were
strongly against the methods
to implement the program.
Farm groups did praise
the simplified language of
the measure.
The Department is under
no mandate to change the
proposal. If changes are to
be made, another hearing
will have to be held.
4-H’ers
poration. Tami, the daughter
of Blanche and John Gundry,
Seaford, is a member of the
State Line 4-H Club.
Steve Majchrzak, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dennard R.
Hill, Seaford, won a $lOOO
scholarship award for his 4-
H swine project. This award
was sponsored by Wilson
Foods Corporation Steve
belongs to Sandy Field 4-H
Club.
Jon Harcum and Debbie
Stradley were named
national alternates. Jon, a
University of Delaware
agricultural engineering
student from Laurel, was
recognized for his
automotive project. The son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Harcum, he is a member of
the Peach Blossom 4-H Club.
Debbie, daughter of David
and Margie Stradley,
Middletown, won
recognition for her breads
projects. She is a member of
the Ever Ready 4-H Club.
The Department wants the
regulations adopted before
the July 1, 1981 sign-up
deadline for this year’s
Clean and Green program.
Those currently in the
program will not have to
comply if the new
regulations are enacted.
PFA said it believes the
proposals exceed authority
granted the Department
under Act 319 and could pave
the way for more Clean and
Green restrictions such as
mandatory conservation
plans for farm land
In testifying for PFA at a
hearing on Wednesday,
Leonard Crooke, a Bucks
County dairyman, came
down hard on the proposed
forest land regulation.
Crooke told the hearing
PFA policy states “gover
nment regulatory functions
should be based on law.”
He added that PFA feels
Acts 319 and 515 should be
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implemented and ad
ministered without the
imposition of penalties not
provided by the statues
themselves.
“It is our belief that this
exceeds the authority
granted under the Act,”
Crooke said.
“As such, the requirement
of a forest management plan
for eligibility for forest
reserve and the penalties for
non-compliance with that
plan, must be opposed by
PFA,” he said.
The PFA representative
said the regulations were an
movative move, but said the
group was “gravely con
cerned” by an apparent
move to broaden the Act to
something other than one
granting preferential
assessment.
The Pennsylvania Grange,
while saying they support
the concept of requiring a
managment plan, opposed
regulation as the method to
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obtain that end. They said
they prefered to see the
Department go through
legislative chanels.
They also said they would
like to see the definition
broadened to include both
Bureau of Forestry and
ASCS timber stand im
provement as satisfactory to
meet Clean and Green
requirements.
Grangers, represented by
Public Relations Director
David Weinstock, also asked
the minimum acreage go
from 10 to 25 acres.
What the Grange liked
least was the idea that the
Department was trying to
enforce the measures by
bypassing the legislative
process.
Both PFA and the Grange
agreed the proposals go
beyond the original intent of
the legislators who drew up
Act 319, the enabling
legislation for Clean and
Green.
When we work together, through
a relationship of mutual trust, we
can all continue to move ahead
We can continue to keep
agriculture strong
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But Wemstock said that
while the Grange opposes
the regulatory route, they
would support the Depart
ment if it tried to institute
the requirements
legislatively.
The two major farm
groups were joined in their
opposition by members of
the Pennsylvania Forestry
Association, the state
Sportsmens Association, the
Hardwood Association, and
representatives of timber
interests in Pennsylvania.
The lumber represen
tatives, citing the legal
requirement to treat all
parties equally, said any
proposal to require forest
land to have a conservation
plan should be joined by a
similar plan covering
cultivated farm land.
The committee to look into
the groups’ objections should
be formed within the next 30
days.
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