Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-560 - Composting Facilities › Section 3745-560-105 - Alternative materials request for class I composting facilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								The owner or operator of a class I composting facility
			 may submit a written request to the director for approval to accept alternative
			 materials not otherwise prohibited or authorized in accordance with rule
			 3745-560-110
			 of the Administrative Code. The request shall be submitted on forms prescribed
			 by the director and include at a minimum the following:
(1)
									A detailed
			 description of the material to be accepted including any available analytical
			 data, and any known or potential contaminants or pathogens that may cause or
			 threaten to cause adverse impact to public health, safety, or the
			 environment.
(2)
									The source and suppliers of the
			 material.
(3)
									Whether pathogens are expected to be present in the
			 material and what mechanisms will be in place to prevent exposure for those in
			 contact with the waste or the compost product produced from the
			 waste.
(4)
									The maximum amount of the material that the facility
			 may accept on a daily basis.
(5)
									A detailed
			 description of the intended use as a feedstock, bulking agent, or additive and
			 the how the alternative material might function for that use.
(6)
									A detailed
			 description of any impact that may result from the acceptance of the material
			 in regard to the management of odor, litter, vectors, and leachate or other
			 operational requirements of rule
			 3745-560-110
			 of the Administrative Code including the methods that will be used to control
			 the impacts.
(7)
									Whether the owner or operator is requesting to compost
			 the material on a temporary or continued basis.
(8)
									A detailed
			 description of how the material will be managed at the facility. At a minimum,
			 the description shall include the following:
(a)
										Whether the owner
			 or operator will shred or screen the material prior to incorporation into the
			 composting process.
(b)
										What equipment will be utilized.
(c)
										The percentage of
			 mixture of the feedstock, bulking agent, or additive with other authorized
			 feedstocks, bulking agents, or additives and the resulting carbon to nitrogen
			 ratio.
(d)
										The method of composting utilized and any other
			 treatment methods of conditioning compostable material to be used, if
			 applicable.
(e)
										The anticipated moisture level of the incoming
			 feedstock, bulking agent, or additive and the anticipated moisture levels after
			 mixing with other authorized feedstocks, bulking agents, or additives.
(f)
										Any
			 special management requirements due to the physical, biological or chemical
			 characteristics of the alternative material.
(9)
									How the owner or
			 operator intends to distribute or otherwise utilize the compost product.
(10)
									The
			 revised closure cost estimate prepared in accordance with rule
			 3745-560-05
			 of the Administrative Code.
(11)
									Any other
			 information deemed necessary by Ohio EPA.