Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-10-801 - Definitions
These words are defined for use in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
1.
"Agricultural tea":
a. Means a water extract
of biological materials, excluding any form of human waste, produced to
transfer microbial biomass, fine particulate organic matter and soluble
chemical components into an aqueous phase;
b. Includes stabilized compost, manure,
non-fecal animal byproducts, peat moss, pre-consumer vegetative waste, table
waste, and yard trimmings;
c. Is
held for longer than one hour before application; and
d. Is a soil amendment for purposes of this
Article.
2. "Agricultural
tea additive" means a nutrient source, such as molasses, yeast extract, or
algal powder, added to agricultural tea to increase microbial
biomass.
3. "Application interval"
means the time interval between application of an agricultural input, such as a
biological soil amendment of animal origin, to a growing area and harvest of
covered produce from the growing area where the agricultural input was
applied.
4. "Biological soil
amendment" means any soil amendment containing biological materials such as
stabilized compost, manure, non-fecal animal byproducts, peat moss,
pre-consumer vegetative waste, sewage sludge biosolids, table waste,
agricultural tea, or yard trimmings, alone or in combination.
5. "Biological soil amendment of animal
origin" means a biological soil amendment which consists, in whole or in part,
of materials of animal origin, such as manure or non-fecal animal byproducts
including animal mortalities, or table waste, alone or in combination. The term
"biological soil amendment of animal origin" does not include any form of human
waste.
6. "Composting" means a
process to produce stabilized compost in which organic material is decomposed
by the actions of undesirable microorganisms under thermophilic conditions for
a designated period of time at a designated temperature, followed by a curing
stage under cooler conditions.
7.
"Curing" means the final stage of composting, which is conducted after much of
the readily metabolized biological material has been decomposed, at cooler
temperatures than those in the thermophilic phase of composting, to further
reduce pathogens, promote further decomposition of cellulose and lignin, and
stabilize composition. Curing may or may not involve insulation, depending on
environmental conditions.
8.
"Growth media" means material that acts as a substrate during the growth of
covered produce, such as mushrooms and some sprouts, that contains, may
contain, or consists of components that may include any animal waste, such as
stabilized compost, manure, non-fecal animal byproducts or table
waste.
9. "Non-fecal animal
byproduct" means solid waste, other than manure, that is animal in origin, such
as meat, fat, dairy products, eggs, carcasses, blood meal, bone meal, fish
meal, shellfish waste, such as crab, shrimp, and lobster waste, fish emulsions,
and offal, and is generated by commercial, institutional, or agricultural
operations.
10. "Pre-consumer
vegetative waste":
a. Means solid waste that
is purely vegetative in origin, not considered yard trash, and derived from
commercial, institutional or agricultural operations without coming into
contact with animal products, byproducts or manure or with a consumer end
user;
b. Includes material
generated by farms, packing houses, canning operations, wholesale distribution
centers and grocery stores, products that have been removed from their
packaging, such as out-of-date juice, vegetables, condiments and breads, and
associated packaging that is vegetative in origin, such as paper or corn-starch
based products; and
c. Does not
include table waste, packaging that has come in contact with materials, such as
meat, that are not vegetative in origin, or any waste generated by
restaurants.
11. "Sewage
sludge biosolids" means the solid or semi-solid residue generated during the
treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works within the meaning of the
definition of "sewage sludge" in
40 CFR
503.9(w).
12. "Soil amendment":
a. Means any chemical, biological, or
physical material, such as elemental fertilizers, stabilized compost, manure,
non-fecal animal byproducts, peat moss, perlite, pre-consumer vegetative waste,
sewage sludge biosolids, table waste, agricultural tea and yard trimmings,
intentionally added to the soil to improve the chemical or physical condition
of soil in relation to plant growth or to improve the capacity of the soil to
hold water; and
b. Includes growth
media that serve as the entire substrate during the growth of covered produce,
such as mushrooms and some sprouts.
13. "Stabilized compost" means a stabilized
finished biological soil amendment produced through a controlled composting
process.
14. "Static composting"'
means a process to produce stabilized compost in which air is introduced into
biological material, in a pile or row that may or may not be covered with
insulating material, or in an enclosed vessel, by a mechanism that does not
include turning. Examples of structural features for introducing air include
embedded perforated pipes and a constructed permanent base that includes
aeration slots. Examples of mechanisms for introducing air include passive
diffusion and mechanical means, such as blowers that suction air from the
composting material or blow air into the composting material using positive
pressure.
15. "Surface water" means
all water open to the atmosphere, such as rivers, lakes, reservoirs, streams,
impoundments, seas, estuaries, and all springs, wells, or other collectors that
are directly influenced by surface water.
16. "Table waste" means any post-consumer
food waste, irrespective of whether the source material is animal or vegetative
in origin, derived from individuals, institutions, restaurants, retail
operations, or other sources where the food has been served to a
consumer.
17. "Turned composting"
means a process to produce stabilized compost in which air is introduced into
biological material, in a pile, row, or enclosed vessel, by turning on a
regular basis.
18. "Turning" means
the process of mechanically mixing biological material that is undergoing a
composting process with the specific intention of moving the outer, cooler
sections of the material being composted to the inner, hotter
sections.
19. "Yard trimmings"
means purely vegetative matter resulting from landscaping maintenance or land
clearing operations, including materials such as tree and shrub trimmings,
grass clippings, palm fronds, trees, tree stumps, untreated lumber, untreated
wooden pallets, and associated rocks and soils.
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