A person may not utilize food processing residuals in this State unless the material is:

1. A. Registered as a soil conditioner;

2. B. Analyzed by an accredited laboratory, using methods that are:

   1. (1) Acceptable to the Department; and
   2. (2) Part of the laboratory’s scope of accreditation: and

3. C. At a minimum, analyzed:

   1. (1) For moisture, nutrients (total nitrogen, total phosphate, and total potash), heavy metal contaminants (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, and zinc), and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, as determined by Method 8270E Semivolatile Organic Compounds by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry); and
   2. (2) As otherwise required by the Department.

Authority: Agriculture Article, §§8-8A-01 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations 01.— .28 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 16, 2024 (51:23 Md. R. 1035); adopted permanently effective March 17, 2025 (52:5 Md. R. 238)