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(IV)    AN ACCUMULATION OF DEAD WOOD OF VARYING SIZES AND
STAGES OF DECOMPOSITION ACCOMPANIED BY DECADENCE IN LIVE DOMINANT
TREES IS PRESENT; AND

(V)     PIT AND MOUND TOPOGRAPHY CAN BE OBSERVED.

(F)     "PJM REGION" MEANS THE CONTROL AREA ADMINISTERED BY THE PJM
INTERCONNECTION. INC.. AS THE AREA MAY CHANGE FROM TIME TO TIME.

(G)     "POULTRY LITTER" MEANS THE FECAL AND URINARY EXCRETIONS OF
POULTRY, INCLUDING WOOD SHAVINGS. SAWDUST, STRAW. RICE HULLS, AND OTHER
BEDDING MATERIAL FOR THE DISPOSITION OF MANURE.

(E) (H) (1) "QUALIFYING BIOMASS" MEANS A SOLID, NONHAZARDOUS,
ORGANIC MATERIAL THAT IS AVAILABLE ON A RENEWABLE OR RECURRING BASIS,
AND IS:

(I)      WASTE MATERIAL THAT IS SEGREGATED FROM OTHER SOLID
INORGANIC WASTE MATERIAL AND IS DERIVED FROM SOURCES INCLUDING:

1.       EXCEPT FOR OLD GROWTH TIMBER, ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING FOREST-RELATED RESOURCES:

A.       MILL RESIDUE, EXCEPT SAWDUST AND WOOD SHAVINGS;

B.       PRECOMMERCIAL SOFT WOOD THINNING;

C.       SLASH;

D.      BRUSH; OR

E.      YARD WASTE;

2.       A PALLET, CRATE, OR DUNNAGE;

3.       AGRICULTURAL AND SILVICULTURAL SOURCES,
INCLUDING TREE CROPS, VINEYARD MATERIALS, GRAIN, LEGUMES, SUGAR, AND
OTHER CROP BY-PRODUCTS OR RESIDUES; OR

4.       GAS PRODUCED FROM THE ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION
OF ANIMAL WASTE OR POULTRY WASTE; OR

(II)     A PLANT THAT IS CULTIVATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR PURPOSES
OF BEING USED AT A TIER 1 RENEWABLE SOURCE OR A TIER 2 RENEWABLE SOURCE
TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY.

(2)      "QUALIFYING BIOMASS" INCLUDES BIOMASS LISTED IN PARAGRAPH
(1) OF THIS SECTION THAT IS USED FOR CO-FIRING, SUBJECT TO § 7-704(F) § 7-704(E)
OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(3)      "QUALIFYING BIOMASS" DOES NOT INCLUDE:

(I) UNSEGREGATED SOLID WASTE OR POSTCONSUMER
WASTEPAPER; OR

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