ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 488

IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR UNDER THE NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, CODES 31 THROUGH 33.

(E)     "OLD GROWTH TIMBER" MEANS TIMBER FROM A FOREST:

(1)      AT LEAST 5 ACRES IN SIZE WITH A PREPONDERANCE OF OLD TREES,
OF WHICH THE OLDEST EXCEED AT LEAST HALF THE PROJECTED MAXIMUM
ATTAINABLE AGE FOR THE SPECIES; AND

(2)      THAT EXHIBITS SEVERAL OF THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS:

(I)      SHADE-TOLERANT SPECIES ARE PRESENT IN ALL AGE AND
SIZE CLASSES;

(II)     RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED CANOPY GAPS ARE PRESENT;

(III)   A HIGH DEGREE OF STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY CHARACTERIZED
BY MULTIPLE GROWTH LAYERS REFLECTING A BROAD SPECTRUM OF AGES IS
PRESENT;

(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) (G) (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;

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