Vermont § 6605j - Accepted composting practices

§ 6605j. Accepted composting practices

• (a) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets,
  shall adopt by rule, pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, and shall implement and enforce accepted composting practices for the management
  of composting in the State. These accepted composting practices shall address: (1) standards for the construction, alteration, or operation of a composting facility; (2) standards for facility operation, including acceptable quantities of product or inputs,
  vector management, odors, noise, traffic, litter control, contaminant management,
  operator training and qualifications, recordkeeping, and reporting; (3) standards for siting of composting facilities, including siting and operation of compost
  storage areas, compost bagging areas, and roads and parking areas; (4) standards for the composting process, including rotation, management of compost piles,
  compost pile size, and monitoring of compost operations; (5) standards for management of runoff from compost facilities, including liquids management
  from the feedstock area, active composting areas, curing area, and compost storage
  area; the use of swales or stormwater management around or within a compost facility;
  vegetative buffer requirements; and run-off management from tipping areas; (6) specified areas of the State unsuitable for the siting of commercial composting that
  utilizes post-consumer food residuals or animal mortalities, such as designated downtowns,
  village centers, village growth areas, or areas of existing residential density; and (7) definitions of “small-scale composting facility,” “medium-scale composting facility,”
  and “de minimis composting exempt from regulation.” (b) A person operating a small scale composting facility who follows the accepted composting
  practices shall not be required to obtain a discharge permit under section 1263 or 1264 of this title, a solid waste facility certification under chapter 159 of this title, or an air
  emissions permit under chapter 23 of this title unless a permit is required by federal
  law or the Secretary of Natural Resources determines that a permit is necessary to
  protect public health or the environment. (c) [Repealed.] (d) The Secretary shall not regulate under this section a farm producing compost under
  subdivision 6001(22)(H) of this title. (Added 2009, No. 41, § 3; amended 2021, No. 41, § 6, eff. May 20, 2021.)