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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 
    Shingle Recycling Site Plan Requirements     

Backyard Composting Information

Biofuel Residues and Waste FAQs 

Concrete Grinding Slurry Exemption 

Drywall Recycling Locations 
     Gypsum Drywall Exemption
     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

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

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