Ohio Revised Code § 3734.029 - [Effective Until 1/1/2016] Application To Compost Products Produced By Facility Composting Dead Animals.

(A)

(1) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the standards of quality for compost products established in rules adopted under division (A) of section 3734.028 of the Revised Code apply to compost products produced by a facility composting dead animals that is subject to section 1511.022 of the Revised Code in addition to compost products produced by facilities subject to this chapter.

(2) The standards of quality established in rules adopted under division (A) of section 3734.028 of the Revised Code do not apply to the use, distribution for use, or giving away of the compost products produced by a composting facility subject to section 1511.022 of the Revised Code when either of the following applies:

(a) The composting is conducted by the person who raises the animals and the compost product is used in agricultural operations owned or operated by that person, regardless of whether the person owns the animals;

(b) The composting is conducted by the person who owns the animals, but does not raise them and the compost product is used in agricultural operations either by a person who raises the animals or by a person who raises grain that is used to feed them and that is supplied by the owner of the animals.

(B) No owner or operator of a composting facility that is subject to regulation under section 1511.022 of the Revised Code shall sell or offer for sale at retail or wholesale, distribute for use, or give away any compost product that does not comply with the standard of quality applicable under division (A) of this section for the use for which the product is being sold, offered for sale, distributed, or given away.

No person shall violate this division.

Effective Date: 08-10-1994

Note: This section is set out twice. See also § 3734.029 , as amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 64, §101.01, eff. 1/1/2016.

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