Maryland Code, Agriculture § 8-704.2

(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Commercial poultry producer” means any entity that contracts with a farmer to raise poultry for the producer on property owned or leased by the farmer.

(3) “Project” means the Manure Transportation Project.

(1) The State and the commercial poultry producers shall facilitate the prompt transportation of poultry litter from farms in all areas of the State that experience phosphorus overenrichment;

(2) The State shall facilitate the transfer of livestock manure from farms in all parts of the State that experience phosphorus overenrichment;

(3) The Project shall encourage voluntary participation to achieve the removal of poultry litter produced by at least 20% of the poultry in the four lower Eastern Shore counties in Maryland; and

(4) The Project shall be implemented in conjunction with the Manure Matching Service set forth in § 8-704.1 of this subtitle.

(1) To be used on land with soil having the capacity to hold additional phosphorus; or

(2) To be used in environmentally acceptable ways other than land application.

(1) Funding for the Project by matching, in an amount determined by the Department, the amount of funds contributed by the commercial poultry producer industry for eligible costs, as determined by the Department, associated with the transportation and handling of poultry litter; and

(2) Up to 87.5% of the transportation and handling costs, as determined by the Department, per ton for livestock manure.