Recordkeeping requirements by state and province
In the US, composting facilities operate under state rules layered on top of the federal PFRP process (40 CFR 503 Appendix B). Canada has no federal equivalent — the rules are provincial, and the common reference is the CCME Guidelines for Compost Quality, whose pathogen-reduction time and temperature pairs are the same ones PFRP uses. These guides summarise what each jurisdiction expects you to record. They are starting points, not legal advice — always confirm against your own permit or approval.
United States
- California compost facility recordkeeping requirementsCalRecycle · 14 CCR §17868.3 (pathogen reduction) and §17869 (recordkeeping)
- Washington compost facility recordkeeping requirementsWashington State Department of Ecology · WAC 173-350-220 (composting facilities)
- Massachusetts compost facility recordkeeping requirementsMassDEP · 310 CMR 16.00 (site assignment) and applicable permit conditions
- New York compost facility recordkeeping requirementsNYSDEC · 6 NYCRR Part 361-3 (composting and other organics recycling)
- Oregon compost facility recordkeeping requirementsOregon DEQ · OAR 340-096 (composting facilities)
- Colorado compost facility recordkeeping requirementsCDPHE · 6 CCR 1007-2 Part 1 §14 (composting facilities)
- Texas compost facility recordkeeping requirementsTCEQ · 30 TAC Chapter 332 (composting)
- Florida compost facility recordkeeping requirementsFlorida DEP · 62-709 F.A.C. (organics recycling and composting)
Canada
- British Columbia compost facility recordkeeping requirementsBC Ministry of Environment and Parks · Organic Matter Recycling Regulation (OMRR), B.C. Reg. 18/2002, Schedule 1
- Ontario compost facility recordkeeping requirementsOntario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks · O. Reg. 101/94 and the Ontario Compost Quality Standards
- Quebec compost facility recordkeeping requirementsMELCCFP · Guide sur le recyclage des matières résiduelles fertilisantes (Guide MRF)
- Alberta compost facility recordkeeping requirementsAlberta Environment and Protected Areas · Code of Practice for Compost Facilities, under the Waste Control Regulation
- Nova Scotia compost facility recordkeeping requirementsNova Scotia Environment and Climate Change · Nova Scotia Compost Facility Guidelines