§ 157.281 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR GENERAL USE COMPOST.

   General-use compost:

   (A)   Must be free of any materials which pose a definite hazard to human health due to physical characteristics, such as glass or metal shards;

   (B)   Must not contain man-made materials larger than four millimeters in size exceeding 1% of the end-product compost, on a dry weight basis;

   (C)   Must have a pH between 6.5 and 8.5;

   (D)   Must have reached stability;

   (E)   Must not exceed, on a dry weight basis, the inorganic concentrations set forth in Table A of Subpart F of Part 830, Title 35 of the Illinois Administrative Code; and

   (F)   Must not contain fecal coliform populations that exceed 1,000 MPN per gram of total solids (dry weight basis), or Salmonella species populations that exceed three MPN per four grams of total solids (dry weight basis).

(Ord. 14-21, passed 7-21-2014)