S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-107.4.II.A

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 10, October 25, 2024

Section 61-107.4.II.A - Exempted Activities

The activities below are exempted from the requirements of this regulation, but shall be performed in a manner to not cause harm to human health or to the environment as determined by the Department:

1. Backyard composting, when feedstocks generated on residential property by the property owner or occupants are composted primarily for use on the same property;

2. Grinding or composting of Category One feedstocks by a person on property under their ownership or control, when the feedstocks are generated on site;

3. Acceptance, storage, grinding, or composting of only Category One feedstocks by a person on property under their ownership or control, when the combined total of unground feedstocks and in-process material on site at any given time is less than 80 cubic yards;

4. Wood grinding activities for maintenance and land-clearing activities by public agencies, public utilities, railroads, or their representatives, upon land owned or controlled by the public agency, public utility, or railroad;

5. Composting activities using only Category One and Category Two vegetative feedstocks by a person on property under their ownership or control, when the combined total of feedstocks and in-process material on site, at any given time, is less than five cubic yards;

6. Storage, grinding, and composting activities approved by the Department for emergency storm debris management at sites designated by state, county, or municipal government;

7. Composting activities or other organics management activities associated with farming operations when the material managed is produced from crops grown on a farm, and when the compost is produced primarily for use on property under the same ownership or control;

8. Limited duration events that involve processing or storage of organic residuals for distribution to the public, to include "Grinding of the Greens" and, as approved by the Department, other programs of a similar nature; and

9. Composting activities by a participant transitioning to or enrolled in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program, or other programs of a similar nature as approved by the Department, and the compost produced is primarily for use on property under control of the participant.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-107.4.II.A

Replaced and amended by State Register Volume 38, Issue No. 6, eff 6/27/2014; State Register Volume 45, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/28/2021.