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

2. B. Records shall have the following information:

   1. (1) Source, type, and quantity of compostable received;
   2. (2) Quantity and type of waste or compostable processed into compost;
   3. (3) Quantity and classification of compost produced, by product classification;
   4. (4) Quantity and classification of compost distributed, by product classification; and
   5. (5) Analytical results of compost testing.

3. 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. (1) Maintain for 10 years application records for each lot of compost product applied to that site; and
   2. (2) Document cumulative loading of each heavy metal listed in Regulation .12 of this chapter applied to that site.

Authority: Agriculture Article, Title 6, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: February 13, 1995 (22:3 Md. R. 155)

Regulation .01B amended effective December 16, 2019 (46:25 Md. R. 1131)

Regulation .02A amended effective January 21, 2013 (40:1 Md. R. 22)

Regulation .07A amended effective December 16, 2019 (46:25 Md. R. 1131)