31. Each operator and owner of a leaf and yard waste composting site shall ensure that the site is operated in accordance with the following requirements: 1.  Only leaf and yard waste and wood (not including painted or treated wood or laminated wood) may be accepted at the site. 2.  Leaf and yard waste may not be stored for more than four days before it is composted. 3.  The total amount of compost on the site that is in or has completed the curing stage shall not exceed eighteen times the monthly process design capacity of the site. 4.  The leaf and yard waste accepted at the site shall be composted so that the temperature inside the composting mass is at least 55 degrees Celsius, i.  on at least three different days if the waste is being composted in a vessel, ii.  on at least fifteen different days in any other case. 5.  If the waste is being composted using turned windrow composting, the windrow shall be turned at least five times at regular intervals after the temperature first reaches 55 degrees Celsius and the temperature must reach at least 55 degrees Celsius after the fifth turning. 6.  During composting, the composting mass shall be provided with ventilation adequate to ensure that aerobic conditions are maintained. 7.  After the requirements in paragraphs 4 and 5 have been satisfied, the compost shall be cured for a period of six months. 8.  During curing, a composting mass shall be turned at least once a month. 9.  The temperature of each composting mass shall be measured daily until the requirements in paragraphs 4 and 5 have been satisfied. During curing the temperature shall be measured weekly. 10.  Temperatures shall be measured at a point one metre within the composting mass. 11.  A record containing information about each composting mass shall be kept. The information shall include the temperatures of the mass and when they were measured, when the mass was turned, information about the curing process and details about any significant problems that occurred during the composting or curing. Information about a composting mass shall be retained in the record for at least three years after the mass was cured. 12.  A plan for dealing with odour problems shall be prepared before waste is first accepted at the site and shall be updated as circumstances warrant. The plan shall include procedures, which shall be followed, for dealing with complaints from the public and for investigating and remedying odour problems. 13.  A record of all complaints from members of the public about odours shall be kept together with a record of how each complaint was dealt with. 14.  Compost that has been cured shall be sampled and analyzed for the things listed in Column 1 of Table 1 in accordance with paragraphs 15 and 16. Compost may not be removed from the site unless it is part of accumulated compost that has been so sampled and analyzed. 15.  The first samples shall be taken before 10,000 cubic metres of compost has been accumulated, or before one year has passed, whichever first occurs after the first receipt of waste at the site. Thereafter samples shall be taken before an additional 10,000 cubic metres is accumulated, or before one year has passed, whichever occurs first after the most recent samples. However, if all the analyses in the two years preceding the most recent analysis are consistent with that analysis, samples need only be taken before 30,000 cubic metres is accumulated, or before one year has passed, whichever occurs first after the most recent samples. 16.  Samples shall be taken by taking ten grab samples from diverse points within the accumulated compost. Each grab sample must contain at least twenty litres of compost and must be taken from a point at least one metre inside the accumulated compost. The analysis shall be of a composite of those samples. 17.  A record shall be kept of the analyses of compost. Any laboratory reports received shall be kept as part of the record. A record of an analysis shall be kept for at least three years after the analysis is performed. 18.  Controlled compost, as defined in section 33, may not be removed from the site except for direct shipment to the intended user of the compost in accordance with paragraphs 19 and 20. 19.  A record shall be kept of the name, address and telephone number of each person to whom controlled compost is shipped. The record shall be kept for at least ten years after the shipment. 20.  The person to whom controlled compost is shipped shall be given a copy of a chemical analysis of the compost and a notice that states that the compost is controlled compost and that sets out the terms and conditions of the compost’s exemption from Part V of the Act. 21.  The notice referred to in paragraph 20 must be on a form provided by the Ministry or in the same format as such a form.  O. Reg. 101/94, s. 31.