Nutrient Management Advisory Board
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• one representative of academia
who shall be an agronomist or
plant scientist faculty member of
the school of agriculture of a Pen
nsylvania college or university:
• one hydrologist. '
• two citizen representatives
who are not farmers;
• and one environmental
representative.
Additionally, the law states that
the representatives “shall have suf
ficient knowledge, experience or
familiarity with agronomic or
nutrient management practices*’
and that they be residents of the
state.
The board members aren’t paid,
but are reimbursed for “reasonable
and necessary" expenses.
A majority board constitutes a
quorum and a simple majority vote
rules.
The board is to review and com
ment on all commission regula
tions and the commission can not
act on any regulations without first
consulting the board.
Although the eventual terms of
office for all appointed is to be
three years, the initial term length
has been staggered, so that conti
nuity is maintained to a degree so
as to not affect the stability of the
board.
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Also, at the discretion of the
State Conservation Commission,
an individual may be appointed to
successive terms, but can not serve
more than two 3-year terms.
Nominations for seats on the
board are to come from “statewide
general farm organizations,”
according to the law. In Pennsyl
vania, those organizations current
ly widely recognized as being
statewide general farm organiza
tions include, but are not limited
to, the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
(Farmer’s Association), the Pen
nsylvania Farmers Union, and the
Pennsylvania State Grange.
The five agricultural producer
representatives named to the
board, the, industry they represent
and their terms of office were: Irk
A. McConnell, of Washington
County, livestock producer, 1
year; Dennis Zimmerman, Snyder
County, swine producer, 2 years;
Donald Bollinger, Lebanon Coun
ty, meat poultry producer, 3 years;
Ronald Meek, Lancaster County,
egg poultry producer, 1 year; and
Joel Rotz, Franklin County, dairy
producer, 2 years.
Others representing agricultural
interests include Charles Ramberg
Jr., University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine,
veterinary nutrition specialist, 3
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years; George Robinson, Snyder
County, feed industry official, 1
year; Bobby Jones, Union County,
agriculture lender official, 3 years;
William Brubaker, Lancaster
County, fertilizer industry rep
resentative, 2 years; and Lawrence
Hepner Jr., Delaware Valley Col
lege, plant science or agronomy
representative, 1 year.
Those board members consid
ered to be environmental protec
tionists include Lamonte Garber,
Lancaster County, environmental
ist, 2 years; and Jerrald Hollowell,
Susquehanna River Basin Com
mission, hydrologist. 2 years.
Three others with general public
interests include Mary Lehman, of
Cumberland County, a nonfarmer,
3 years; William Ebel, of Lancas
ter County, nonfarmer, 1 year, and
Eugene Billhime. of Montour
County, representing local govern
ment, for 3 years.
While the advisory board has
been established, the state Depart
ment of Agriculture is charged
with creating a nutrient manage
ment certification program,
whereby successful applicants are
to then be qualified to draft and
approve nutrient management
plans.
Work on creating a certification
program has been progressing,
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according to Gene Schenck, PDA
press secretary. He said that,
although the law allows for the
department to take up to two years
to create the program, "The inter
im certification program will be in
place by October.”
According to Schenck, the prog
ram is being based on agency past
experience in the field.
Secretary of Agriculture Boyd
Wolff said that he is pleased with
the progress being made.
“The advisory board... is some
thing we worked very hard to
obtain.” he said.
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Robert H. Staz of Camp Hill,
was recently elected president of
the Pennsylvania Association of
Milk Dealers.
The association, headquartered
in Harrisburg, represents 38 mem
ber companies processing and dis
tributing more than 90 percent of
the milk sold in the Keystone
State.
Staz graduated from Dartmouth
College in 1957 and attended the
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“Pennsylvania’s Nutrient Man
agement Act resulted from a great
deal of give and take between var
ying interests and organizations.
The compromise that resulted has
a number of benefits for the far
mers who will be affected,” Wolff
said.
“Number one, the act provides
for uniform requirements for all
farmers in the commonwealth so
that a local entity can ’ t pass stricter
measures. This version also has a
reasonable time frame and gives
farmers more input.”
University of Pennsylvania Law
School. He is co-owner of Brook
wood Farms Dairy, which is cele
brating 100 years in business in
1994.
He is also past president of Har
risburg Kiwanis Club, a member
of West Shore Country Club, and
also an elder at Camp Hill Pre
sbyterian Church. He is married to
Carol Forrester and has three
grown sons.
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