Several USCC member and North Carolina Composting Council compost manufacturers, including Jim Lanier of Earth Farms, and Noel Lyons of McGill Compost have been working to oppose H244, a bill the USCC feels unnecessarily requires a public hearing at the state level for compost facilities, since a public hearing is also held at the county level. This double-hearing is unnecessary and onerous for the compost manufacturing industry.
Testifying against the bill at an April 6 meeting of the NC House Environment Committee Meeting were Eric Wallace, Wallace Farms, and Amy Brooks of Brooks Compost. The next day, Rep. Julia Howard and Davie County Commissioners requested a meeting about the bill at Wallace Farms. Eric Wallace said the meeting was productive and positive.
“This response comes from the hard work of the North Carolina Composting Council members rallying their regulators and educating them on the benefits of compost and how it affects the Agricultural recycling, and landscaping Industries,” said Jim Lanier, president of the NCCC.
The bill still faces a hearing in the Agriculture Committee of the House.
For more information, visit www.compostingcouncil.org.