§ 2-22-5. Registration — Tonnage report and fee.
(a) Each separately identified product shall be registered before being distributed in
this state. The application for registration shall be submitted to the director of
environmental management on forms furnished or approved by the director and be accompanied
by a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per product. Upon approval by the director, a certified
copy of the registration shall be furnished to the applicant. All registrations expire
on December 31 of each year. Each manufacturer shall submit to the director a copy
of labels and advertising literature with the registration request for each soil amendment.
(b) A distributor is not required to register any brand of soil amendment that is already
registered under this chapter by another person, providing that the label does not
differ in any respect.
(c) Before registering any soil amendment, the director may require evidence to substantiate
the claims made for the soil amendment and proof of the value and usefulness of the
soil amendment and of any process step during composting deemed essential to the safety
of the soil amendment as provided in subsections (c) and (d) of § 2-22-4.
(d) The director may by regulation set the minimum amount of a soil amending ingredient
and soil amending ingredients that must be present before a soil amendment can be
registered and sold.
(e) The director may through promulgation of regulations require a tonnage fee and/or
tonnage report annually. If required, the tonnage fee and tonnage report may be made
on a calculated equivalent of volume to tons on brands labeled by volume rather than
weight.
(f) The composter is required to register the operation with the director and shall identify
their organic and any inorganic inputs and processes used in the making of their compost.
The director shall set forth rules and regulations delineating the organic inputs
allowed under the following compost designations and shall collect the appropriate
registration fee for the compost operation. Compost classes are:
(1) Horticultural grade, general use, one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per year;
(2) Horticultural grade, mixed source general use, three hundred dollars ($300) per year;
(3) Non-food crop use, one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year; and
(4) Limited landscape use, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year.
(g) The director may require that all fees and registrations required by this section
be submitted electronically.
(h) In addition to the registration fees, the director may charge a processing fee. The
department shall set the amount of such fees through rules and regulations, with processing
fees not to exceed five percent (5%) of the registration surcharge per application.