Transcript Chapter 62-709 F.A.C. Updates Solid Waste Program Proposed Changes to 62-709 Various rule sections. • Name change – Criteria for Organics Processing and Recycling Facilities • Definitions –

Chapter 62-709 F.A.C.
Updates
Solid Waste Program
Proposed Changes to 62-709
Various rule sections.
• Name change
– Criteria for Organics Processing and Recycling
Facilities
• Definitions
– Moved from Chapter 62-701 to 62-709 with
some additions (New additions)
– Animal byproducts
– Pre-consumer vegetative waste
– Size reduced
Proposed Changes to 62-709
• 62-709.201 - Definitions
– Maturity
– Vegetative waste
Changes to Definitions
Proposed Changes to 62709
62-709.300 General Provisions
(1) addition of variance
( 2) addition of registration
(3) Except for permits issued in
accordance with Rule 62-709.460, F.A.C.
Terms of permit – 5 years
(4) Closure requirements
Proposed Changes to 62709
– Notification in writing 45 days prior to
closure
– Removal of all material from the site
within 1 month (30 days) from the date
the facility ceases to accept solid waste.
Activities not regulated under this
Chapter
Proposed Changes to 62701
• Compost made outside of Florida
• Facilities where industrial byproducts are
segregated and managed, provided that
the operation is either exempt from the
permitting under Section 403.7045 or is
regulated under another Department
permit or certification.
Proposed Changes to 62709
• 62-709.300 Compost
– (8) Allows for the disinfection of compost
excluding yard trash or pre-consumer
vegetative waste. (test methods and test
frequencies are contained in 62-709.530(1)(b)
and ( c) -2 options available
– (9) Permit fees for organic solid waste
recycling facilities
– Construction permits
Proposed Changes to 62709
– Manure or yard trash composting
– Solid Waste Composting
Operation Permit
– Manure or yard trash
– Solid Waste Composting
$2000
$5000
$1000
$3000
– Registration application fees
$50
– Solid waste organic recycling projects $250
Proposed Changes to 62709
• 62-709.305 EXEMPTIONS
• Registrations not required for
– Backyard composting
– Normal farming operations
– Composting of solid waste generated off site
100 cubic yards at any time
– Land application
• Yard trash has been size reduced
• Sized reduced yard trash is spread no more than 2
feet thick
• Yard trash is not used to fill water body or wetland
– Land application does not meet the criteria in
(4) above.
Proposed Changes to 62709
• 62-709.310 Permit Requirements-
Repealed
• 62-709.320 General Provisions for
Registration
– (1) Requires registration of :
• Facilities composting vegetative waste
• Animal byproducts or manure with or without
trash
• Manure blending operations
(2) Composting or processing operations
Proposed Changes to 62-701
62-709.320 Design and operating criteria
– None of the processed material shall be
mechanically compacted replaces
There shall be 15 feet interior lanes
– Any drains or leachate or condensate
conveyance that are installed shall be kept
clean not to impede flow
– Any putrescible waste such as vegetative
wastes, animal byproducts or manure received
at the facility shall be processed and
incorporated into the composting material if
the facility is registered 62-709.330 0r 350, or
removed within 48 hours.
Proposed Changes to 62709
• 62-709.320
• Renewal application must be
submitted by July 1
• Application fee $50
Proposed Changes to 62709
• 62-709.330 Registration of Yard
Trash processing facility
– Requires processed material to be
removed from the facility within 18
months
– Non-trash must be containerized
Proposed changes to 62-709
• 62-709.350 Composting Facilities
– Carbon : nitrogen ratio of blended
feedstock > 20
– Vegetative waste, animal byproduct or
manure shall be stored no greater than
12 feet high
– Material accepted by the facility must be
removed within 18 months
– Compost must be disinfected
Proposed Changes to 62-709
• 62-709.460 Special Permitting
Criteria for Solid Waste Organics
Recycling Pilot Projects
– Operate under a permit issued by this
rule
– Do not qualify for a registration
– Initially qualify 18 months with an
option to extend the project for an
additional 18 months.
Proposed Changes to 62-709
– Submit progress report within 9 months
of permit issuance
– Final report submitted 60 days after
permit expiration