# COMAR Title 15 — Maryland Department of Agriculture

## Subtitle 18 — State Chemist

### Chapter 04 — Compost

#### Regulation .08 Record-Keeping Requirements.

*COMAR 15.18.04.08*

A. A registrant or facility operator who distributes compost shall maintain complete records for 2 years for each lot of compost distributed.

B. Records shall have the following information:

  (1) Source, type, and quantity of compostable received;

  (2) Quantity and type of waste or compostable processed into compost;

  (3) Quantity and classification of compost produced, by product classification;

  (4) Quantity and classification of compost distributed, by product classification; and

  (5) Analytical results of compost testing.

C. A registrant who distributes in bulk a Limited Use or Restricted Use compost product for application to soil on a site where repeated use of any compost is expected to occur shall:

  (1) Maintain for 10 years application records for each lot of compost product applied to that site; and

  (2) Document cumulative loading of each heavy metal listed in Regulation .12 of this chapter applied to that site.