Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 62-709.350 - Specific Criteria for Registration of Facilities Composting Vegetative Wastes, Animal Byproducts or Manure, or Blending Manure

(1) A facility accepting and composting only vegetative wastes, animal byproducts or manure, with or without yard trash, or a facility accepting only manure and blending it with yard trash or soil, shall meet the criteria of this rule in addition to the provisions of Rule 62-709.320, F.A.C.

(2) The carbon:nitrogen ratio of the blended feedstocks shall be greater than 20.

(3) Vegetative waste, animal byproducts or manure shall not be stored or processed in piles that exceed 12 feet in height.

(4) Yard trash processing facilities that also compost or blend and are registered in accordance with this section are not required to obtain a separate registration for the yard trash processing operation.

(5) All material accepted by the facility shall be removed within 18 months. However, if a facility is authorized under another Department solid waste management facility permit, then the department shall authorize on-site storage of compost or blended manure for longer than 18 months if the owner or operator demonstrates that there is a quantifiable use for such material for cover, erosion control, closure, or other similar activities at that permitted facility.

(6) The owner or operator of a facility producing compost, or manure blended with yard trash or soil, must demonstrate that disinfection has been achieved using one of the options in paragraph 62-709.300(8)(a), F.A.C. However, such demonstration is not required if the compost was made from pre-consumer vegetative waste, with or without yard trash.

(7) Operation features of a composting or manure blending facility for vector attraction reduction controls shall include one of the following:

(a) The material shall be composted for at least 14 days, during which time the temperature of the material being composted shall not be lower than 40 degrees Celsius and the average temperature of the material being composted shall be higher than 45 degrees Celsius, or

(b) The specific oxygen uptake rate (SOUR) for material being composted or blended shall be equal to or less than 1.5 milligrams of oxygen per hour per gram of total solids (dry weight basis) at a temperature of 20 degrees Celsius.

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Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 62-709.350

Rulemaking Authority 403.061, 403.704, 403.7043 FS. Law Implemented 403.7043, 403.707 FS.

New 2-15-10.

New 2-15-10.