Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 830 - STANDARDS FOR COMPOST FACILITIES
Subpart B - STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF LANDSCAPE WASTE COMPOST FACILITIES
Section 830.204 - Additional Stormwater and Landscape Waste Leachate Controls at Permitted Landscape Waste Compost Facilities
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
In addition to the leachate control requirement set forth in Section 830.202(g), all permitted landscape waste compost facilities must comply with the following:
a) Stormwater or other water which comes into contact with landscape waste received, stored, processed or composted, or which mixes with landscape waste leachate, must be considered landscape waste leachate and must be collected and reused in the process, properly disposed of off-site, or treated as necessary prior to discharge off-site to meet applicable standards of 35 Ill. Adm. Code Subtitle C.
b) Ponding of landscape waste leachate within the facility must be prevented, except to the extent done by design and approved in the facility permit.
c) Soil surfaces used for composting must be allowed to dry periodically in order to promote aerobic conditions in the soil subsurface.
