Administrative Rules for
PART 115 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT
of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act 1994 PA 451, as amended

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R 299.4115 Criteria for designating inert materials appropriate for general reuse.

(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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