Governor Larry Hogan has pulled the controversial phosphorus regulations on farmers.
They will not appear in the next issue of the Maryland Register essentially freezing any attempt to impose the new standards that found strong opposition from the poultry and agricultural industries on the Eastern Shore.
Erin Montgomery, a spokeswoman for the governor’s office, said that Hogan has ordered all agencies to begin a comprehensive review of all pending regulations.
The regulations were meant to limit the output of phosphorus from chicken manure that environmental groups say is running off into the Chesapeake Bay.
