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2022 SESSION

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HB 831 Digestate; definition, definition of anaerobic digestion.

Introduced by: Tony O. Wilt | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Fertilizer; digestate. Clarifies that a regulated product, for the purposes of fertilizer law, includes digestate. Digestate is defined in the bill as a biologically stable material derived from the process of anaerobic digestion. The bill also includes digestate in fertilizer labeling requirements. This bill is identical to SB 248.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Composting; anaerobic digestion. Clarifies that composting, for the purposes of fertilizer law, includes anaerobic digestion. Anaerobic digestion is defined in the bill as the controlled anaerobic biological decomposition of organic waste materials to produce biogas and digestate.