02 NCAC 48B .0103          MAXIMUM CHLORINE GUARANTEE

The maximum chlorine guarantees permitted for field crop tobacco fertilizers shall be:

(1)           For fertilizer with nitrogen guarantees up to and including four percent, a maximum chlorine guarantee of two percent is permitted;

(2)           For fertilizer with nitrogen guarantees greater than four percent, a maximum chlorine guarantee not more than one‑half of the respective total nitrogen guarantee is permitted.

The maximum chlorine guarantee permitted in tobacco top dressers shall be two percent. All tobacco fertilizer shall carry a maximum chlorine guarantee.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 106‑673;

Eff. January 1, 1985;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 24, 2019.