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Committee probes rules for food‑processing residuals and county digester pilot funding
Summary
Members pressed the Department of Agriculture on how the state will regulate and track food‑processing residuals (FPRs) applied to farmland and on a proposed $2 million county digester pilot included in the governor’s innovation expansion. The department said it will raise reporting and credentialing requirements for FPRs and that digesters need
Committee members asked how Pennsylvania will manage growing flows of food‑processing residuals (FPRs) coming into the state and how the proposed $2,000,000 county‑based digester pilot would be structured.
Representative Friel and others said FPRs can be beneficial but raised concerns about odor, variable nutrient content and lack of reporting for loads brought from other states. Secretary Redding said the department agrees standards for…
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