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The Solid Waste Management Rules.
Vermont Proposed Rule: 26P011
AGENCY: Agency of Natural Resources
CONCISE SUMMARY: The proposed rule revisions prohibit combining source separated food residuals with packaged food residuals; prohibit source separated food residual processing by depackaging machines; create operational requirements for mechanical depackaging facilities (required by Act 170 of 2022); allow development soil disposal outside of lined landfills (Act 69 of 2025); require paper and cardboard recyclables be covered at facilities; increase the amount of slaughterhouse waste that can be processed at medium compost facilities; increase the percentage of allowable paper contamination from 1% to up to 5% in processed glass aggregate; adopted PFAS screening standards for biosolids (already in DEC 2024 policy); expanded recognition of all EPA Part 503 Class A biosolids processes to significantly reduce pathogens alternatives which applies to EQ biosolids produced or imported to Vermont; and added regulations for short paper fiber testing, PFAS screening and tracking where applied. Minor typos were corrected too.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Benjamin Gauthier, Agency of Natural Resources, 1 National Life Dr, Davis 3, Montpelier VT 05620 Tele: 802-522-5080 E-Mail: benjamin.gauthier@vermont.gov URL: https://dec.vermont.gov/waste-management/solid.
FOR COPIES: Dennis Fekert, Agency of Natural Resources, 1 National Life Dr, Davis 3, Montpelier VT 05620 Tele: 802-522-0195 E-Mail: dennis.fekert@vermont.gov.