Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › GRAIN AND CHEMICAL › Chapter 16-200 - Fertilizers › Section 16-200-695 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The definitions set forth in this section shall apply
				  throughout this chapter unless context otherwise requires:
(1) "Organic" means a material containing
				carbon and one or more elements (other than hydrogen and oxygen) essential for
				plant growth. When the term "organic" is utilized in the label or labeling of
				any commercial fertilizer, it shall be qualified as either "synthetic organic"
				or "natural organic," with the percentage of each specified.
(2) "Natural organic" means a material
				derived from either plant or animal products containing carbon and one or more
				elements (other than hydrogen and oxygen) essential for plant growth.
(3) "Synthetic organic" means a material that
				is manufactured chemically (by synthesis) from its elements and other
				chemicals, containing carbon and one or more elements (other than hydrogen and
				oxygen) essential for plant growth.
(4) "Unit" means one percent (by weight) of a
				ton.
(5) "AOAC" means the
				association of official analytical chemists.
(6) "Commercial fertilizer" means a substance
				containing one or more recognized plant nutrients and that is used for its
				plant nutrient content or that is designated for use or claimed to have value
				in promoting plant growth, and shall include limes, gypsum, and manipulated
				animal and vegetable manures. It does not include unmanipulated animal and
				vegetable manures, organic waste-derived material, and other products exempted
				by the department by rule.
(7)
				"Fertigation" means a method of applying commercial fertilizers with irrigation
				water to fertilize land or plants.
(8) "Fertilizer component" means a commercial
				fertilizer ingredient containing one or more recognized plant nutrients which
				is incorporated in the commercial fertilizer for its plant nutrient
				value.
(9) "Maximum acceptable
				cumulative metals additions to soil" means the amount of total metals that can
				be added to soil over a forty-five-year period of time without exceeding the
				Canadian standards which have been adopted in
				RCW
				15.54.800(3) as Washington
				standards for metals.
(10) "Organic
				waste-derived material" means grass clippings, leaves, weeds, bark, plantings,
				prunings, and other vegetative wastes, uncontaminated wood waste from logging
				and milling operations, food wastes, food processing wastes, and materials
				derived from these wastes through composting. "Organic waste-derived material"
				does not include products that include biosolids.
(11) "Maximum application rate" means the
				maximum amount of commercial fertilizer expressed by weight (such as: Pounds,
				ounces, kilograms, or milligrams) or volume (such as: Gallons, quarts, fluid
				ounces, liters, or milliliters) to be applied to an area of a specified size
				(such as: Acres, square feet, hectares, or square meters) in a period of time
				stated in years.
(12) "Biosolids"
				means municipal sewage sludge that is a primarily organic, semisolid product
				resulting from the wastewater treatment process that can be beneficially
				recycled, including material derived from biosolids, and septic tank sludge,
				also known as septage. For the purposes of this rule, semisolid products
				include biosolids or products derived from biosolids ranging in character from
				mostly liquid to fully dried solids.
(13) "Unpackaged biosolids" means biosolids
				distributed in a loose, unpackaged form such as, but not limited to, tote bags,
				tote tanks, bins, tanks, trailers, spreader trucks, railcars, and pick-up
				truckloads or other containers provided by the final user solely for transport
				of the material.
(14) "Packaged
				biosolids" means biosolids distributed in a container provided by the
				distributor of the material.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.54.270(4) and
					 15.54.800. 00-19-058, §
					 16-200-695, filed 9/18/00, effective 10/19/00. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.54.325 and
					 15.54.800. 99-08-037, §
					 16-200-695, filed 3/31/99, effective 5/1/99. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapter
					 15.54 RCW. 99-02-035,
					 § 16-200-695, filed 12/30/98, effective 1/30/99. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.54.800. 91-01-015 (Order 2066), §
					 16-200-695, filed 12/7/90, effective 1/7/91. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapter
					 15.54 RCW. 87-19-097
					 (Order 1952), § 16-200-695, filed
					 9/17/87.