Ill. Admin. Code tit. 35, § 830.503 – Performance Standards for General Use Compost | Midpage
§ 830.503
Ill. Admin. Code tit. 35, § 830.503
Performance Standards for General Use Compost
AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 5, 21, 22.33, 22.34, 22.35 and 39 and authorized by Section 27 of the Environmental Protection Act [415 ILCS 5/5, 21, 22.33, 22.34, 22.35, 27 and 39].POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD
a) Must be free of any materials which pose a definite hazard to human health due to physical characteristics, such as glass or metal shards;
b) Must not contain man-made materials larger than four millimeters in size exceeding 1% of the end-product compost, on a dry weight basis;
c) Must have a pH between 6.5 and 8.5;
d) Must have reached stability, as demonstrated by one of the methods prescribed in Section 830.Appendix B;
e) Must not exceed, on a dry weight basis, the inorganic concentrations set forth in Section 830.Table A; and
f) Must not contain fecal coliform populations that exceed 1000 MPN per gram of total solids (dry weight basis), or Salmonella species populations that exceed 3 MPN per 4 grams of total solids (dry weight basis).