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Exemptions and Guidance

Contact:  Duane Roskoskey 517-335-4712
Agency: Environmental Quality


Part 115, Solid Waste Management, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994, PA 451 as amended, allows the Director to designate waste materials as inert, compostable, low-hazard industrial waste, site/source separated, or appropriate for land application under an Agricultural Use Approval. This page contains a number of generic exemptions that were developed by the DEQ in addition to some guidance documents related to solid waste issues.

Abrasive Blasting Memo 

Agricultural Use Approval  
   Approval Form  
   Appendix B  OpMemo Gen-8-Detection Limits
   Appendix C  Part 115 Inert Criteria
   Appendix D Site Identification Form
   Appendix E  Map of District Offices

Approved Shingle Recycling Locations 
    Asphalt Shingle Exemption 
    Asphalt Shingle Reycycling 101 Workshop-Held December 17, 2010, in Dimondale, Michigan
    Shingle Recycling Site Plan Requirements     

Backyard Composting Information 

Biofuel Residues and Waste FAQs  

Concrete Grinding Slurry Exemption 

Drywall Recycling Locations 
     Gypsum Drywall Exemption 
          OSU Bulletin 945 - Gypsum as an Agricultural Amendment    
     Drywall Recycling 
   
Electronic Waste Exemption 
   Electronic Waste Activity Notification (Form Only) 

Ethanol Exemption 
   Ethanol Stillage and Syrup Agricultural Use Approval 

Fish Waste Exemption 
  
  Site Identification Form 
    District Map 

HouseHold Hazardous Waste Programs 

Inert Materials Notification 
  
 Part 115 Inert Criteria 
   Inert Material Exemption (Updated 10/27/10)

Lime Sludge Exemption 

Manure, Pauch, and Pen Waste Exemption  
   Site Identification Form  

On-Farm Anaerobic Digestion 

Scrap Wood Recycling Locations 
    Scrap Wood Exemption 

Tire Material Designation of Inertness 

Related Content
 •  Solid Waste Funding Workgroup
 •  Solid Waste Management Fund Report PDF icon
 •  Michigan's Solid Waste Policy 2007
 •  Recycling
 •  Composting
 •  Solid Waste Hauler Resources
 •  Solid Waste Advisory Committee
 •  Annual Reports of Solid Waste Landfilled in Michigan
 •  Transboundary Movement of Municipal Solid Waste
 •  Solid Waste Policy Advisory Committee
 •  Landfill Prohibited Materials and Appropriate Disposal Options
 •  Municipal Recycling Information
 •  Solid Waste Fees
 •  Common Solid Waste Violations
 •  Electronic Waste Takeback Program
 •  Solid Waste Operational Memos
 •  Solid Waste Facilities
 •  Solid Waste Planning
 •  Solid Waste Alternatives Program
 •  General Information

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