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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 15.18.04.05" title_num="15" subtitle_num="18" chapter_num="04" heading="Compost Classification.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A compost product is classified as a General Use, Limited Use, or Restricted Use compost as shown in §§B—D of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>General Use Compost.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>General Use compost may not exceed the following specifications:</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A General Use compost:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Shall pass through a 12mm (1/2 inch) screen;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Shall be stabilized;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>May not have an objectionable odor; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>May be distributed as a soil conditioner for use by the general public or for any use allowed by this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Limited Use Compost.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A Limited Use compost may not exceed the following specifications:</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A Limited Use compost:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Shall pass through an 18mm (3/4 inch) screen;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Shall be stabilized;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>May not have an objectionable odor; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>May only be distributed for use by a commercial, agricultural, institutional, or governmental operation, or for restricted use as provided by this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Restricted Use Compost:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A Restricted Use compost may not exceed the indicated maximum level for any heavy metal or trace element, as follows:</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A Restricted Use compost:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>May not be a hazardous waste, as defined in COMAR 26.13.02.03;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>May not be stockpiled or disposed of unless authorized by the Maryland Department of the Environment;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>May not be distributed or sold to the general public;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Is restricted to distribution for use as a final, intermediate, or alternate daily landfill cover, as provided by COMAR 26.04.07, or on marginal land or in land reclamation efforts if applied at rates not to exceed limits established in Table 2 of Regulation .12 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Includes any compost exceeding any parameter limit for Limited Use compost, as provided in Regulation .05C of this chapter, or any compost designated by the registrant as Restricted Use classification.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>