2 N.C. Admin. Code 48D.0102

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 11, December 2, 2024

Section 48D .0102 - MINIMUM SCREEN SIZES

To be eligible for sale in North Carolina:

(1) All limestone sold, offered for sale, or distributed on or before June 1, 1981 must meet at least one of the fineness grinds shown as follows:

(a) 100 percent must pass through 10 mesh screen; 40 percent must pass through 100 mesh screen; and there shall be an investigational allowance of 5 percent; or

(b) calcitic lime or marl must pass 90 percent through a 20 mesh screen and 25 percent through a 100 mesh screen and dolomite lime must pass 90 percent through a 20 mesh screen and 35 percent through a 100 mesh screen;

(2) All limestone sold, offered for sale, or distributed after June 1, 1981 must meet at least the fineness grinds shown as follows:

(a) calcitic lime or marl must pass 90 percent through a 20 mesh screen and 25 percent through a 100 mesh screen;

(b) dolomite lime must pass 90 percent through a 20 mesh screen and 35 percent through a 100 mesh screen;

(c) fine granular lime must pass 90 percent through a 20 mesh screen and 10 percent through a 100 mesh screen;

(d) pelletized dolomitic lime must pass 90 percent through a 20 mesh screen and 35 percent through a 100 mesh screen before it is pelletized;

(e) pelletized calcitic lime must pass 90 percent through a 20 mesh screen and 25 percent through a 100 mesh screen before it is pelletized; and

(f) pelletized lime must be manufactured in a manner which will cause it to slake down when it comes into contact with moisture.

02 N.C. Admin. Code 48D .0102

Authority G.S. 106-92.16(2);
Eff. July 1, 1980;
Amended Eff. September 1, 1984; December 3, 1980;
Transferred from T02.11D Eff. January 1, 1985;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 26, 2017.

Authority G.S. 106-92.16(2);
Eff. July 1, 1980;
Amended Eff. September 1, 1984; December 3, 1980;
Transferred from T02.11D Eff. January 1, 1985.