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If You Were In Charge, You’d Slot Like This!
Regulatory Tier Exercise

SB 675/Organics Workshop

Goal: The purpose of this exercise is to explore the level of regulatory oversight participants believe various compostable organic materials sites should have. Participants may discuss an existing operation or create an operation for discussion.

Exercise:

Please create or describe a type of compostable organic materials operation that you might find in your jurisdiction by using the "other" for each category or by circling one from each of the following categories: volume on-site at any one time, feedstock, type of processing, and contaminants. Or you may select to use the operation described in the envelope.

Volume on-Site at Any One Time

100,000 cubic yards
50,000 cubic yards
25,000 cubic yards
10,000 cubic yards
1,000 cubic yards
500 cubic yards
Other_____________

 

Type of Processing
Windrows
Aerated Static Pile
Within-Vessel
Anaerobic
Chipping & Grinding
Storage
Ag Bag/CTI
Other________________
Feedstock
Yard Trimmings
Mixed Solid Waste
Agricultural
Manure
Restaurant Food Waste
Sewage Sludge
MRF-Derived Organics (processed from commingled materials)
Grape Pomace
Other___________________
Feedstock Contaminants
0.5% Physical Contaminants
5% Physical Contaminants
5% Treated Wood Waste
Ash with 500 ppm Lead
Other__________________

Type of Processor
Mushroom Grower
Worm Farmer
Agricultural Operation
Residential
Chipping & Grinding
Other________________

Describe the operation:

Processor

Volume

Feedstock

Processing

Contaminant

 

 

 

     

If you were able to slot the above operation in any tier or prescribe any regulatory control (you have a magic wand for the day), what would you do? Please decide which tier is most appropriate for the operation selected (the appropriate regulatory tier may not be the current one in regulation).

Tier ______________________

and/or

Regulatory Control(s) Needed __________________________

Which criteria are most important in deciding the appropriate level of regulatory oversight and why?

1.

 

 

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3.

 

 

4.

 

 

5.

 

 

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Last updated: April 18, 2008


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