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New local ordinances aimed at protecting Steuben County, Indiana?EUR??,,????'???s 100-plus lakes by restricting the use of phosphate-based fertilizers on lawns might be unenforceable under state law. The Indiana Office of the State Chemist and Seed Commissioner is notifying county and Clear Lake officials that a 2001 state law gives that agency the authority over how fertilizers are used and stored, said Mike Hancock, the office’s fertilizer administrator. A similar no-phosphorus rule is now in effect in Madison, Wis. Clear Lake’s Town Council approved restrictions in June, while the commissioners in the county in the state’s northeast corner backed a similar ordinance in July. “You can pass ordinances until you’re blue in the face, but you don’t have the authority to enforce it,” Hancock said. The state law allows a local government seeking such a ban to petition the state chemist’s office for a public hearing to make its case. Source: www.jconline.com
New local ordinances aimed at protecting Steuben County, Indiana?EUR??,,????'???s 100-plus lakes by restricting the use of phosphate-based fertilizers on lawns might be unenforceable under state law.
The Indiana Office of the State Chemist and Seed Commissioner is notifying county and Clear Lake officials that a 2001 state law gives that agency the authority over how fertilizers are used and stored, said Mike Hancock, the office’s fertilizer administrator.
A similar no-phosphorus rule is now in effect in Madison, Wis.
Clear Lake’s Town Council approved restrictions in June, while the commissioners in the county in the state’s northeast corner backed a similar ordinance in July.
“You can pass ordinances until you’re blue in the face, but you don’t have the authority to enforce it,” Hancock said.
The state law allows a local government seeking such a ban to petition the state chemist’s office for a public hearing to make its case.
Source: www.jconline.com
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
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