Administrative Rules for
PART 115 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT
of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act 1994 PA 451, as
amended
(Effective
October 7, 1993)
Rule115.
(1) A person may petition the director to designate a solid waste as an inert material that is appropriate for general reuse.
(2) The director shall approve a petition that is submitted pursuant to this rule if the petition demonstrates that the concentration of hazardous substances in the material is below 1 of the following criteria:
(a) The background concentration of the substance or substances.
(b) The method detection limit for the substance or substances in question.
(c) Type B criteria for soil specified in R 299.5711. The director shall waive type B criteria based on inhalation hazards if the petition demonstrates that the waste is not of a respirable particle size and is not likely to be reduced to such size under the conditions that the waste may be exposed to.
(3) A petition to designate a material as inert for general reuse shall contain the information that is specified in R 299.4118.
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