United State* Environmental Protection Agency Off ice of Solid Waste and Emergency Response £EPA DIRECTIVE NUMBER: 9441.02(80) TITLE: Agricultural Waste Exclusion APPROVAL DATE: s-19-80 EFFECTIVE DATE: a-19-80 ORIGINATING OFFICE: osw O FINAL D DRAFT LEVEL OF DRAFT D A Signed by AA or DAA D B Signed by Office Director D C Review & Comment REFERENCE (other documents): OSWER OSWER OSWER VE DIRECTIVE DIRECTIVE Dl ------- *ART 261 SUBPART A - GENERAL DOC: 9441.02(80) Key Words: Regulations: Subject: Addressee: Originator: Source Doc: Date: Summary: Agricultural Waste 40 CFR 257.1(c)(l), 261(4)(b)(2) Agricultural Waste Exclusion Dr. William Connors, Public Information Office John Skinner, Director, State Programs & Resource Recovery Division #9441.02(^5-) 8-19-80 Pursuant to §257.1(c)(l) agricultural wastes including manures and crop residues returned to the soil as fertilizers or soil conditioners are excluded from the list of regulated waste. Food processing waste is deemed by EPA to be either commercial or industrial waste and hence is not included in the agricul-. tural waste exclusion. The exemption is more precisely stated at §261.4(b)(2). ------- 9441.02 (80) AUG t 9 13CO Dr. William Connors Public Intcrvenors Office 114 E. State Capitol Madison, Wisconsin ^3702 Dear Dr. Connors: This is, in response to your telephone conversation of flay 30 with Susan Absher of the EPA Office of Solid Waste. You asked about EPA's interpretation of the agricultural waste exclusion of 40 CFR Part 257. The agricultural waste exclusion in Part 257.1 (c)(l) reads: "The criteria do not apply to agricultural wastes, including manures and crop residues, returned to the soil as fertilizers or soil conditioners." This exclusion stems from tho Elouse Report (H.R. Rep. MO. 94-1401, 94th Conn., 2nd session (1976) which states that "agricultural wastes which are returned to the soil as fertilizers or soil conditioners..." (are not'tneant to be covered by the program). The relevant page of the report is attached. You specifically asked whether EPA intended food processing wastes which are land spread to come under the agricultural waste exclusion. EPA intended the exclusion to apply mainly to manures and crop residues used to- enhance the quality of the land. In general, EPA considers food processing waste to be commercial or industrial waste and not to come under the agricultural waste exclusion. '-Where large quantities of food processing 'wastes are land spread, this procedure can have adverse environmental effects. (WH-563)Susan/kw/x59145/2624/0-14-80 ------- ;.- ..: ! .1 :: r :t.. Li; ; : c-jri 'i-'it-- roU ' .;'.?:t - :. '.'.' i-^is':. "r-.\- . :.: "-Ir?, the Ctate- fjf ' .-.tyi :\i'.«.i ....livl.-.ir1-. ''..)''. Toccv3.i.i;-i ..:'. '.o bo in':n:3trir\l nr.to .ir.'l rc.-'julatr" th . > -iccorrl'. :vj " y . In Ilaino, food processing -,/AJtetJ fall UiK'.or *.!:G ro " :r»rcial w )t.o «?- tegory. Plenso let p.e v.nn-v ic I nay b- of fi-irthcr assistance. P.i ro--.:tor, v. ?.ecource Recovery O.ivir-iion Attachnent ------- |