Homeowners need license to fertilize lawn effect October 1 - Southern Maryland News
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Maryland’s new lawn fertilizer law takes effect October 1 and includes new requirements for fertilizer manufacturers, homeowners and lawn care professionals who must now be licensed and certified to apply fertilizers to properties that they manage.
Signed into law by Governor Martin O’Malley in 2011, the Fertilizer Use Act is designed to protect the Chesapeake Bay from nutrients entering its waters from a variety of urban sources, mainly lawns, golf courses, parks, recreation areas, athletic fields, businesses and other managed grassy areas encompassing nearly 1 million acres of land, a figure that is just shy of the state’s 1.2 million acres of cultivated farmland.
“Cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay is everyone’s responsibility,” said Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Buddy Hance. “We are counting on homeowners and do-it-yourselfers to join Maryland farmers as full partners in the Bay cleanup.”
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