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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1.  38 MRSA §418-B  is enacted to read:
§ 418-B. Prohibition on application of fertilizers near great ponds
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not apply a fertilizer containing phosphorus or nitrogen within 25 feet of the normal high-water line of a great pond, except that a person may apply a fertilizer containing phosphorus or nitrogen within 25 feet but not closer than 10 feet of the normal high-water line of a great pond if applying the fertilizer using a drop spreader, rotary spreader with a deflector or targeted spray liquid. As used in this section, "fertilizer" has the same meaning as in section 419, subsection 1, paragraph A-3.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill and creates a prohibition on the application of fertilizers containing phosphorus or nitrogen within 25 feet of the normal high-water line of a great pond, except that a person may apply a fertilizer within 25 feet but not closer than 10 feet of the normal high-water line of a great pond using a drop spreader, rotary spreader with a deflector or targeted spray liquid.