Ohio Code 3734.028 – Standards of quality for compost products
(A) The director of environmental protection, in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code and in consultation with the director of agriculture, shall adopt, and may amend, suspend, or rescind, rules establishing standards of quality for compost products produced by composting facilities subject to this chapter to ensure that the use of those products in accordance with accepted agricultural or horticultural practices does not pose a threat to public health or safety or the environment. The rules may establish differing standards of quality for compost products, in accordance with their various uses, if the director considers such standards to be necessary or appropriate to protect public health and safety and the environment. The rules shall require the owner or operator of a composting facility subject to this chapter that produces a compost product that does not meet the standards of quality applying to it to either reprocess the product or dispose of it in a manner approved by the director.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 3734.028
- agriculture: includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1.61
- Director: means the director of environmental protection. See Ohio Code 3734.01
(B) No owner or operator of a composting facility shall sell or offer for sale at retail or wholesale, use, distribute for use, or give away any compost product that does not comply with the applicable standard of quality established in rules adopted under this section for the use for which the product is being sold, offered for sale, distributed, or given away or for which the product is being used by the owner or operator.