[USCC] Compost pad runoff and water quality problems

[Craig Coker]

Colleagues:

 

I am trying to research incidents where runoff from an outdoors composting
pad or a mulch pile caused water quality problems in a receiving stream.  

 

As some of you know, the state of North Carolina now wants composters to get
wastewater discharge permits for pad runoff rather than storm water
discharge permits (a much more costly and time-consuming matter) and the NC
State Committee of the USCC and the Carolinas Composting Council are trying
to make sure any new regulatory programs developed by NC DENR are based on
fact, not fiction.

 

I'm also interested in speaking with knowledgeable regulators from other
states who could share their insights on what regulatory approaches have
worked, and have not worked, in their respective states.

 

Any advice or leads folks could offer would be gratefully appreciated.

 

Happy Holidays!

 

Craig 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Craig Coker

Coker Composting & Consulting

3331 Glade Creek Blvd., Ste. 7

Roanoke, VA 24012

(540) 904-2698

Fax: (540) 904-6732

www.cokercompost.com

craigcoker at cox.net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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