Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 830 - STANDARDS FOR COMPOST FACILITIES
Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 830.106 - On-Farm Landscape Waste Compost Facility
Universal Citation: 35 IL Admin Code ยง 830.106
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) A landscape compost operation on a farm must satisfy all of the following criteria:
1) The composting facility is operated by the
farmer on property on which the composting material is utilized, and the
composting facility constitutes no more than 2% of the property's total
acreage, except that the Agency may allow a higher percentage for individual
sites where the owner or operator has demonstrated to the Agency that the
site's soil characteristics or crop needs require a higher rate;
2) The property on which the composting
facility is located, and any associated property on which the compost is used,
is principally and diligently devoted to the production of agricultural crops
and is not owned, leased or otherwise controlled by any waste hauler or
generator of nonagricultural compost materials, and the operator of the
composting facility is not an employee, partner, shareholder, or in any way
connected with or controlled by any such waste hauler or generator;
3) All compost generated by the composting
facility is applied at agronomic rates and used as mulch, fertilizer or soil
conditioner on land actually farmed by the person operating the composting
facility, and the finished compost is not stored at the composting site for a
period longer than 18 months prior to its application as mulch, fertilizer, or
soil conditioner; and
4) All
composting material was placed more than 200 feet from the nearest potable
water supply well, was placed outside the boundary of the 10-year floodplain or
on a part of the site that is floodproofed, was placed at least 1/4 mile from
the nearest residence (other than a residence located on the same property as
the facility) and there are not more than 10 occupied non-farm residences
within 1/2 mile of the boundaries of the site on the date of application, and
was placed more than 5 feet above the water table.
b) The owner or operator, by January 1, 1991 (or the January 1 following commencement of operation, whichever is later) and January 1 of each year thereafter shall:
1)
register the site with the Agency, by obtaining an Illinois Inventory
Identification Number from the Agency;
2) File a report with the Agency, on a form
provided by the Agency, certifying at a minimum:
A) The volume of composting material received
and used at the site during the previous calendar year; and
B) The volume of compost produced during the
previous calendar year;
C) That the
facility is in compliance with the requirements set forth in subsection (a) of
this Section. (Section 21 of the Act)
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