Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 30 - Consumer Protection › Subchapter 30 - Soil Amendment › Section 35:30-30-1 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms shall have the meaning set forth
				  herein when used in these rules and regulations:
(1)
"Aged"
means exposed to
				weathering or natural decay.
(2)
"Biosolid"
means a primary organic solid material produced by
				wastewater treatment processes that can be beneficially recycled for its plant
				nutrient content and soil amending characteristics, as regulated pursuant to 40
				CFR 503, as amended.
(3)
"Brand
" or
"product name"
means a specific
				designation applied to an individual soil amendment.
(4)
"Compost"
A biologically
				stable material derived from the composting process.
(5)
"Composting"
means the
				biological decomposition of organic matter accomplished by mixing and piling in
				such a way to promote aerobic or anaerobic decay and inhibits pathogens, viable
				weed seeds and odors.
(6)
"Custom media"
means a horticultural growing medium that is
				prepared to exact specifications of the person utilizing the medium.
(7)
"Forest products"
means
				untreated wood and its untreated byproducts generated from the harvest of
				timber and includes but is not limited to lumber, sawdust, bark, and similar
				materials, but in no case shall include reprocessed wood from fabricated
				consumer or industrial products.
(8)
"Horticultural growing media"
means any substance or mixture of
				substances promoted as or is intended to function as a growing medium for the
				managed growth of horticultural crops in containers and shall be considered a
				soil amendment for the purposes of this chapter.
(9)
"Inorganic based"
refers to
				all substances that do not fall under the definition of organic based or
				microbial based.
(10)
"Landscape materials"
means green waste derived from landscape
				operations and includes but is not limited to grass clippings, plants, shrubs,
				and tree trimmings not more than six inches (6") in diameter.
(11)
"Microbial based"
means a
				biological substance or mixture of substances distributed to be applied to the
				soil, plants, or seeds for corrective soil purposes; intended to improve
				germination, growth yield, product quality, reproduction, flavor, or other
				desirable characteristics of plants; or intended to produce any chemical,
				biochemical, biological, or physical change in the soil.
(12)
"Mulch"
means any organic
				or inorganic soil surface cover used to help retain moisture longer in the soil
				by retarding evaporation, to discourage weed growth, to help maintain a
				constant temperature by insulating the soil, to discourage runoff and soil
				erosion by shielding the soil surface from water abrasion or to promote water
				absorption and retention.
(13)
"Organic based"
means only naturally occurring substances
				generally recognized as the hydrogen compounds of carbon and their
				derivatives.
(14)
"Processed"
means deliberately treated or manipulated to modify or
				transform physical, chemical, or biological characteristics of the natural
				state of the substance.
(15)
"Raw"
means in the natural state, and not prepared, modified or
				manipulated for use.
(16)
"Registration document"
means the information required by the
				Board for registering a soil amendment for distribution into or within
				Oklahoma. The Registration Document may be made available by the registrant to
				the purchaser upon request, but shall not be part of the product label or
				labeling.
(17)
"Wood"
means a hard, fibrous material located beneath the bark, which constitutes the
				greatest part of the stems of trees and shrubs.
Added at 22 Ok Reg 702,
				  eff 5-12-05