Terms Used In Michigan Laws 324.11564

  • Department: means the director of the department of natural resources or his or her designee to whom the director delegates a power or duty by written instrument. See Michigan Laws 324.301
  • seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
  (a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n
  (1) The following sites shall test their finished compost in compliance with the US Composting Council’s Seal of Testing Assurance, unless the department has approved an alternate procedure:
  (a) Class 1 composting facilities that produce over 2,000 cubic yards of finished compost per year. The finished compost shall be analyzed for the parameters listed in section 11565.
  (b) Class 2 composting facilities. The finished compost shall be analyzed for the parameters listed in section 11565 and, if the compost is produced from class 2 compostable material, other parameters identified in the facility’s general permit.
  (2) All sites not listed in subsection (1) shall test at least 1 sample of finished compost per 4,000 cubic yards or 2,000 tons per year for the parameters listed in section 11565, unless the department has approved an alternate procedure.