[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 20, Parts 425 to 699]
[Revised as of July 1, 1997]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR503]
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Subpart A--General Provisions
Sec.
503.1 Purpose and applicability.
503.2 Compliance period.
503.3 Permits and direct enforceability
503.4 Relationship to other regulations.
503.5 Additional or more stringent requirements.
503.6 Exclusions.
503.7 Requirement for a person who prepares sewage sludge.
503.8 Sampling and analysis.
503.9 General definitions.
Subpart B--Land Application
503.10 Applicability.
503.11 Special definitions.
503.12 General requirements.
503.13 Pollutant limits.
503.14 Management practices.
503.15 Operational standards--pathogens and vector
attraction
reduction.
503.16 Frequency of monitoring.
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503.17 Recordkeeping.
503.18 Reporting.
Subpart C--Surface Disposal
503.20 Applicability.
503.21 Special definitions.
503.22 General requirements.
503.23 Pollutant limits (other than domestic septage).
503.24 Management practices.
503.25 Operational standards--pathogens and vector
attraction
reduction.
503.26 Frequency of monitoring.
503.27 Recordkeeping.
503.28 Reporting.
Subpart D--Pathogens and Vector Attraction Reduction
503.30 Scope.
503.31 Special definitions.
503.32 Pathogens.
503.33 Vector attraction reduction.
Subpart E--Incineration
503.40 Applicability.
503.41 Special definitions.
503.42 General requirements.
503.43 Pollutant limits.
503.44 Operational standard--total hydrocarbons.
503.45 Management practices.
503.46 Frequency of monitoring.
503.47 Recordkeeping.
503.48 Reporting.
Appendix A to Part 503--Procedure to Determine the Annual
Whole Sludge
Application Rate for a Sewage Sludge
Appendix B to Part 503--Pathogen Treatment Processes
Authority: Sections 405 (d) and (e) of the
Clean Water Act, as
amended by Pub. L. 95-217, sec. 54(d), 91 Stat. 1591 (33 U.S.C.
1345 (d)
and (e)); and Pub. L. 100-4, title IV, sec. 406 (a), (b), 101
Stat., 71,
72 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.).
Source: 58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, unless otherwise noted.
Subpart A--General Provisions
Sec. 503.1 Purpose and applicability.
(a) Purpose. (1) This part establishes
standards, which consist of
general requirements, pollutant limits, management practices, and
operational standards, for the final use or disposal of sewage
sludge
generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment
works.
Standards are included in this part for sewage sludge applied to
the
land, placed on a surface disposal site, or fired in a sewage
sludge
incinerator. Also included in this part are pathogen and
alternative
vector attraction reduction requirements for sewage sludge
applied to
the land or placed on a surface disposal site.
(2) In addition, the standards in this part
include the frequency of
monitoring and recordkeeping requirements when sewage sludge is
applied
to the land, placed on a surface disposal site, or fired in a
sewage
sludge incinerator. Also included in this part are reporting
requirements for Class I sludge management facilities, publicly
owned
treatment works (POTWs) with a design flow rate equal to or
greater than
one million gallons per day, and POTWs that serve 10,000 people
or more.
(b) Applicability. (1) This part applies to
any person who prepares
sewage sludge, applies sewage sludge to the land, or fires sewage
sludge
in a sewage sludge incinerator and to the owner/operator of a
surface
disposal site.
(2) This part applies to sewage sludge applied
to the land, placed
on a surface disposal site, or fired in a sewage sludge
incinerator.
(3) This part applies to the exit gas from a
sewage sludge
incinerator stack.
(4) This part applies to land where sewage
sludge is applied, to a
surface disposal site, and to a sewage sludge incinerator.
Sec. 503.2 Compliance period.
(a) Compliance with the standards in this
part shall be achieved as
expeditiously as practicable, but in no case later than February
19,
1994. When compliance with the standards requires construction of
new
pollution control facilities, compliance with the standards shall
be
achieved as expeditiously as practicable, but in no case later
than
February 19, 1995.
(b) The requirements for frequency of
monitoring, recordkeeping, and
reporting in this part for total hydrocarbons in the exit gas
from a
sewage sludge incinerator are effective February 19, 1994 or, if
compliance with the operational standard for total hydrocarbons
in this
part requires the construction of new pollution control
facilities,
February 19, 1995.
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(c) All other requirements for frequency of
monitoring,
recordkeeping, and reporting in this part are effective on July
20,
1993.
Sec. 503.3 Permits and direct enforceability.
(a) Permits. The requirements in this part
may be implemented
through a permit:
(1) Issued to a ``treatment works treating
domestic sewage'', as
defined in 40 CFR 122.2, in accordance with 40 CFR parts 122 and
124 by
EPA or by a State that has a State sludge management program
approved by
EPA in accordance with 40 CFR part 123 or 40 CFR part 501 or
(2) Issued under subtitle C of the Solid Waste
Disposal Act; part C
of the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Marine Protection, Research,
and
Sanctuaries Act of 1972; or the Clean Air Act. ``Treatment works
treating domestic sewage'' shall submit a permit application in
accordance with either 40 CFR 122.21 or an approved State
program.
(b) Direct enforceability. No person shall use
or dispose of sewage
sludge through any practice for which requirements are
established in
this part except in accordance with such requirements.
Sec. 503.4 Relationship to other regulations.
Disposal of sewage sludge in a municipal
solid waste landfill unit,
as defined in 40 CFR 258.2, that complies with the requirements
in 40
CFR part 258 constitutes compliance with section 405(d) of the
CWA. Any
person who prepares sewage sludge that is disposed in a municipal
solid
waste landfill unit shall ensure that the sewage sludge meets the
requirements in 40 CFR part 258 concerning the quality of
materials
disposed in a municipal solid waste landfill unit.
Sec. 503.5 Additional or more stringent requirements.
(a) On a case-by-case basis, the permitting
authority may impose
requirements for the use or disposal of sewage sludge in addition
to or
more stringent than the requirements in this part when necessary
to
protect public health and the environment from any adverse effect
of a
pollutant in the sewage sludge.
(b) Nothing in this part precludes a State or
political subdivision
thereof or interstate agency from imposing requirements for the
use or
disposal of sewage sludge more stringent than the requirements in
this
part or from imposing additional requirements for the use or
disposal of
sewage sludge.
Sec. 503.6 Exclusions.
(a) Treatment processes. This part does not
establish requirements
for processes used to treat domestic sewage or for processes used
to
treat sewage sludge prior to final use or disposal, except as
provided
in Sec. 503.32 and Sec. 503.33.
(b) Selection of a use or disposal practice.
This part does not
require the selection of a sewage sludge use or disposal
practice. The
determination of the manner in which sewage sludge is used or
disposed
is a local determination.
(c) Co-firing of sewage sludge. This part does
not establish
requirements for sewage sludge co-fired in an incinerator with
other
wastes or for the incinerator in which sewage sludge and other
wastes
are co-fired. Other wastes do not include auxiliary fuel, as
defined in
40 CFR 503.41(b), fired in a sewage sludge incinerator.
(d) Sludge generated at an industrial
facility. This part does not
establish requirements for the use or disposal of sludge
generated at an
industrial facility during the treatment of industrial
wastewater,
including sewage sludge generated during the treatment of
industrial
wastewater combined with domestic sewage.
(e) Hazardous sewage sludge. This part does
not establish
requirements for the use or disposal of sewage sludge determined
to be
hazardous in accordance with 40 CFR part 261.
(f) Sewage sludge with high PCB concentration.
This part does not
establish requirements for the use or disposal of sewage sludge
with a
concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) equal to or
greater
than 50 milligrams per kilogram of total solids (dry weight
basis).
(g) Incinerator ash. This part does not
establish requirements for
the use or disposal of ash generated during the
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firing of sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator.
(h) Grit and screenings. This part does not
establish requirements
for the use or disposal of grit (e.g., sand, gravel, cinders, or
other
materials with a high specific gravity) or screenings (e.g.,
relatively
large materials such as rags) generated during preliminary
treatment of
domestic sewage in a treatment works.
(i) Drinking water treatment sludge. This part
does not establish
requirements for the use or disposal of sludge generated during
the
treatment of either surface water or ground water used for
drinking
water.
(j) Commercial and industrial septage. This
part does not establish
requirements for the use or disposal of commercial septage,
industrial
septage, a mixture of domestic septage and commercial septage, or
a
mixture of domestic septage and industrial septage.
Sec. 503.7 Requirement for a person who prepares sewage sludge.
Any person who prepares sewage sludge shall
ensure that the
applicable requirements in this part are met when the sewage
sludge is
applied to the land, placed on a surface disposal site, or fired
in a
sewage sludge incinerator.
Sec. 503.8 Sampling and analysis.
(a) Sampling. Representative samples of
sewage sludge that is
applied to the land, placed on a surface disposal site, or fired
in a
sewage sludge incinerator shall be collected and analyzed.
(b) Methods. The materials listed below are
incorporated by
reference in this part. These incorporations by reference were
approved
by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5
U.S.C.
552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. The materials are incorporated as they
exist
on the date of approval, and notice of any change in these
materials
will be published in the Federal Register. They are available for
inspection at the Office of the Federal Register, 7th Floor,
suite 700,
800 North Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC, and at the Office
of
Water Docket, room L-102, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
401 M
Street, SW., Washington, DC. Copies may be obtained from the
standard
producer or publisher listed in the regulation. Methods in the
materials
listed below shall be used to analyze samples of sewage sludge.
(1) Enteric viruses. ASTM Designation: D
4994-89, ``Standard
Practice for Recovery of Viruses From Wastewater Sludges'', 1992
Annual
Book of ASTM Standards: Section 11--Water and Environmental
Technology,
ASTM, 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1187.
(2) Fecal coliform. Part 9221 E. or Part 9222
D., ``Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater'', 18th Edition,
1992,
American Public Health Association, 1015 15th Street, NW.,
Washington,
DC 20005.
(3) Helminth ova. Yanko, W.A., ``Occurrence of
Pathogens in
Distribution and Marketing Municipal Sludges'', EPA 600/1-87-014,
1987.
National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road,
Springfield, Virginia 22161 (PB 88-154273/AS).
(4) Inorganic pollutants. ``Test Methods for
Evaluating Solid Waste,
Physical/Chemical Methods'', EPA Publication SW-846, Second
Edition
(1982) with Updates I (April 1984) and II (April 1985) and Third
Edition
(November 1986) with Revision I (December 1987). Second Edition
and
Updates I and II are available from the National Technical
Information
Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161
(PB-87-120-
291). Third Edition and Revision I are available from
Superintendent of
Documents, Government Printing Office, 941 North Capitol Street,
NE.,
Washington, DC 20002 (Document Number 955-001-00000-1).
(5) Salmonella sp. bacteria. Part 9260 D.,
``Standard Methods for
the Examination of Water and Wastewater'', 18th Edition, 1992,
American
Public Health Association, 1015 15th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20005;
or
Kenner, B.A. and H.P. Clark, ``Detection and
enumeration of
Salmonella and Pseudomonas aeruginosa'', Journal of the Water
Pollution
Control Federation, Vol. 46, no. 9, September 1974, pp.
2163-2171. Water
Environment Federation, 601 Wythe Street, Alexandria, Virginia
22314.
(6) Specific oxygen uptake rate. Part 2710 B.,
``Standard Methods
for the Examination of Water and Wastewater'',
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18th Edition, 1992, American Public Health Association, 1015
15th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005.
(7) Total, fixed, and volatile solids. Part
2540 G., ``Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater'', 18th
Edition,
1992, American Public Health Association, 1015 15th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20005.
Sec. 503.9 General definitions.
(a) Apply sewage sludge or sewage sludge
applied to the land means
land application of sewage sludge.
(b) Base flood is a flood that has a one
percent chance of occurring
in any given year (i.e., a flood with a magnitude equalled once
in 100
years).
(c) Class I sludge management facility is any
publicly owned
treatment works (POTW), as defined in 40 CFR 501.2, required to
have an
approved pretreatment program under 40 CFR 403.8(a) (including
any POTW
located in a State that has elected to assume local program
responsibilities pursuant to 40 CFR 403.10(e)) and any treatment
works
treating domestic sewage, as defined in 40 CFR 122.2, classified
as a
Class I sludge management facility by the EPA Regional
Administrator,
or, in the case of approved State programs, the Regional
Administrator
in conjunction with the State Director, because of the potential
for its
sewage sludge use or disposal practice to affect public health
and the
environment adversely.
(d) Cover crop is a small grain crop, such as
oats, wheat, or
barley, not grown for harvest.
(e) CWA means the Clean Water Act (formerly
referred to as either
the Federal Water Pollution Act or the Federal Water Pollution
Control
Act Amendments of 1972), Public Law 92-500, as amended by Public
Law 95-
217, Public Law 95-576, Public Law 96-483, Public Law 97-117, and
Public
Law 100-4.
(f) Domestic septage is either liquid or solid
material removed from
a septic tank, cesspool, portable toilet, Type III marine
sanitation
device, or similar treatment works that receives only domestic
sewage.
Domestic septage does not include liquid or solid material
removed from
a septic tank, cesspool, or similar treatment works that receives
either
commercial wastewater or industrial wastewater and does not
include
grease removed from a grease trap at a restaurant.
(g) Domestic sewage is waste and wastewater
from humans or household
operations that is discharged to or otherwise enters a treatment
works.
(h) Dry weight basis means calculated on the
basis of having been
dried at 105 degrees Celsius until reaching a constant mass
(i.e.,
essentially 100 percent solids content).
(i) EPA means the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
(j) Feed crops are crops produced primarily
for consumption by
animals.
(k) Fiber crops are crops such as flax and
cotton.
(l) Food crops are crops consumed by humans.
These include, but are
not limited to, fruits, vegetables, and tobacco.
(m) Ground water is water below the land
surface in the saturated
zone.
(n) Industrial wastewater is wastewater
generated in a commercial or
industrial process.
(o) Municipality means a city, town, borough,
county, parish,
district, association, or other public body (including an
intermunicipal
Agency of two or more of the foregoing entities) created by or
under
State law; an Indian tribe or an authorized Indian tribal
organization
having jurisdiction over sewage sludge management; or a
designated and
approved management Agency under section 208 of the CWA, as
amended. The
definition includes a special district created under State law,
such as
a water district, sewer district, sanitary district, utility
district,
drainage district, or similar entity, or an integrated waste
management
facility as defined in section 201(e) of the CWA, as amended,
that has
as one of its principal responsibilities the treatment,
transport, use,
or disposal of sewage sludge.
(p) Permitting authority is either EPA or a
State with an EPA-
approved sludge management program.
(q) Person is an individual, association,
partnership, corporation,
municipality, State or Federal agency, or an agent or employee
thereof.
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(r) Person who prepares sewage sludge is
either the person who
generates sewage sludge during the treatment of domestic sewage
in a
treatment works or the person who derives a material from sewage
sludge.
(s) Place sewage sludge or sewage sludge
placed means disposal of
sewage sludge on a surface disposal site.
(t) Pollutant is an organic substance, an
inorganic substance, a
combination of organic and inorganic substances, or a pathogenic
organism that, after discharge and upon exposure, ingestion,
inhalation,
or assimilation into an organism either directly from the
environment or
indirectly by ingestion through the food chain, could, on the
basis of
information available to the Administrator of EPA, cause death,
disease,
behavioral abnormalities, cancer, genetic mutations,
physiological
malfunctions (including malfunction in reproduction), or physical
deformations in either organisms or offspring of the organisms.
(u) Pollutant limit is a numerical value that
describes the amount
of a pollutant allowed per unit amount of sewage sludge (e.g.,
milligrams per kilogram of total solids); the amount of a
pollutant that
can be applied to a unit area of land (e.g., kilograms per
hectare); or
the volume of a material that can be applied to a unit area of
land
(e.g., gallons per acre).
(v) Runoff is rainwater, leachate, or other
liquid that drains
overland on any part of a land surface and runs off of the land
surface.
(w) Sewage sludge is solid, semi-solid, or
liquid residue generated
during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works.
Sewage
sludge includes, but is not limited to, domestic septage; scum or
solids
removed in primary, secondary, or advanced wastewater treatment
processes; and a material derived from sewage sludge. Sewage
sludge does
not include ash generated during the firing of sewage sludge in a
sewage
sludge incinerator or grit and screenings generated during
preliminary
treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works.
(x) State is one of the United States of
America, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
Guam,
American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and an Indian Tribe
eligible for treatment as a State pursuant to regulations
promulgated
under the authority of section 518(e) of the CWA.
(y) Store or storage of sewage sludge is the
placement of sewage
sludge on land on which the sewage sludge remains for two years
or less.
This does not include the placement of sewage sludge on land for
treatment.
(z) Treat or treatment of sewage sludge is the
preparation of sewage
sludge for final use or disposal. This includes, but is not
limited to,
thickening, stabilization, and dewatering of sewage sludge. This
does
not include storage of sewage sludge.
(aa) Treatment works is either a federally
owned, publicly owned, or
privately owned device or system used to treat (including recycle
and
reclaim) either domestic sewage or a combination of domestic
sewage and
industrial waste of a liquid nature.
(bb) Wetlands means those areas that are
inundated or saturated by
surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration to
support,
and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of
vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil
conditions.
Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar
areas.
Subpart B--Land Application
Sec. 503.10 Applicability.
(a) This subpart applies to any person who
prepares sewage sludge
that is applied to the land, to any person who applies sewage
sludge to
the land, to sewage sludge applied to the land, and to the land
on which
sewage sludge is applied.
(b)(1) Bulk sewage sludge. The general
requirements in Sec. 503.12
and the management practices in Sec. 503.14 do not apply when
bulk
sewage sludge is applied to the land if the bulk sewage sludge
meets the
pollutant concentrations in Sec. 503.13(b)(3), the Class A
pathogen
requirements in Sec. 503.32(a), and one of the vector attraction
reduction requirements in Sec. 503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8).
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(2) The Regional Administrator of EPA or,
in the case of a State
with an approved sludge management program, the State Director,
may
apply any or all of the general requirements in Sec. 503.12 and
the
management practices in Sec. 503.14 to the bulk sewage sludge in
Sec. 503.10(b)(1) on a case-by-case basis after determining that
the
general requirements or management practices are needed to
protect
public health and the environment from any reasonably anticipated
adverse effect that may occur from any pollutant in the bulk
sewage
sludge.
(c)(1) The general requirements in Sec. 503.12
and the management
practices in Sec. 503.14 do not apply when a bulk material
derived from
sewage sludge is applied to the land if the derived bulk material
meets
the pollutant concentrations in Sec. 503.13(b)(3), the Class A
pathogen
requirements in Sec. 503.32(a), and one of the vector attraction
reduction requirements in Sec. 503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8).
(2) The Regional Administrator of EPA or, in
the case of a State
with an approved sludge management program, the State Director,
may
apply any or all of the general requirements in Sec. 503.12 or
the
management practices in Sec. 503.14 to the bulk material in
Sec. 503.10(c)(1) on a case-by-case basis after determining that
the
general requirements or management practices are needed to
protect
public health and the environment from any reasonably anticipated
adverse effect that may occur from any pollutant in the bulk
sewage
sludge.
(d) The requirements in this subpart do not
apply when a bulk
material derived from sewage sludge is applied to the land if the
sewage
sludge from which the bulk material is derived meets the
pollutant
concentrations in Sec. 503.13(b)(3), the Class A pathogen
requirements
in Sec. 503.32(a), and one of the vector attraction reduction
requirements in Sec. 503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8).
(e) Sewage sludge sold or given away in a bag
or other container for
application to the land. The general requirements in Sec. 503.12
and the
management practices in Sec. 503.14 do not apply when sewage
sludge is
sold or given away in a bag or other container for application to
the
land if the sewage sludge sold or given away in a bag or other
container
for application to the land meets the pollutant concentrations in
Sec. 503.13(b)(3), the Class A pathogen requirements in Sec.
503.32(a),
and one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in Sec.
503.33
(b)(1) through (b)(8).
(f) The general requirements in Sec. 503.12
and the management
practices in Sec. 503.14 do not apply when a material derived
from
sewage sludge is sold or given away in a bag or other container
for
application to the land if the derived material meets the
pollutant
concentrations in Sec. 503.13(b)(3), the Class A pathogen
requirements
in Sec. 503.32(a), and one of the vector attraction reduction
requirements in Sec. 503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8).
(g) The requirements in this subpart do not
apply when a material
derived from sewage sludge is sold or given away in a bag or
other
container for application to the land if the sewage sludge from
which
the material is derived meets the pollutant concentrations in
Sec. 503.13(b)(3), the Class A pathogen requirements in Sec.
503.32(a),
and one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in Sec.
503.33
(b)(1) through (b)(8).
Sec. 503.11 Special definitions.
(a) Agricultural land is land on which a
food crop, a feed crop, or
a fiber crop is grown. This includes range land and land used as
pasture.
(b) Agronomic rate is the whole sludge
application rate (dry weight
basis) designed:
(1) To provide the amount of nitrogen needed
by the food crop, feed
crop, fiber crop, cover crop, or vegetation grown on the land;
and
(2) To minimize the amount of nitrogen in the
sewage sludge that
passes below the root zone of the crop or vegetation grown on the
land
to the ground water.
(c) Annual pollutant loading rate is the
maximum amount of a
pollutant that can be applied to a unit area of land during a 365
day
period.
(d) Annual whole sludge application rate is
the maximum amount of
sewage sludge (dry weight basis) that can be applied to a unit
area of
land during a 365 day period.
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(e) Bulk sewage sludge is sewage sludge
that is not sold or given
away in a bag or other container for application to the land.
(f) Cumulative pollutant loading rate is the
maximum amount of an
inorganic pollutant that can be applied to an area of land.
(g) Forest is a tract of land thick with trees
and underbrush.
(h) Land application is the spraying or
spreading of sewage sludge
onto the land surface; the injection of sewage sludge below the
land
surface; or the incorporation of sewage sludge into the soil so
that the
sewage sludge can either condition the soil or fertilize crops or
vegetation grown in the soil.
(i) Monthly average is the arithmetic mean of
all measurements taken
during the month.
(j) Other container is either an open or
closed receptacle. This
includes, but is not limited to, a bucket, a box, a carton, and a
vehicle or trailer with a load capacity of one metric ton or
less.
(k) Pasture is land on which animals feed
directly on feed crops
such as legumes, grasses, grain stubble, or stover.
(l) Public contact site is land with a high
potential for contact by
the public. This includes, but is not limited to, public parks,
ball
fields, cemeteries, plant nurseries, turf farms, and golf
courses.
(m) Range land is open land with indigenous
vegetation.
(n) Reclamation site is drastically disturbed
land that is reclaimed
using sewage sludge. This includes, but is not limited to, strip
mines
and construction sites.
Sec. 503.12 General requirements.
(a) No person shall apply sewage sludge to
the land except in
accordance with the requirements in this subpart.
(b) No person shall apply bulk sewage sludge
subject to the
cumulative pollutant loading rates in Sec. 503.13(b)(2) to
agricultural
land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site if any
of the
cumulative pollutant loading rates in Sec. 503.13(b)(2) has been
reached.
(c) No person shall apply domestic septage to
agricultural land,
forest, or a reclamation site during a 365 day period if the
annual
application rate in Sec. 503.13(c) has been reached during that
period.
(d) The person who prepares bulk sewage sludge
that is applied to
agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a
reclamation site
shall provide the person who applies the bulk sewage sludge
written
notification of the concentration of total nitrogen (as N on a
dry
weight basis) in the bulk sewage sludge.
(e)(1) The person who applies sewage sludge to
the land shall obtain
information needed to comply with the requirements in this
subpart.
(2)(i) Before bulk sewage sludge subject to
the cumulative pollutant
loading rates in Sec. 503.13(b)(2) is applied to the land, the
person
who proposes to apply the bulk sewage sludge shall contact the
permitting authority for the State in which the bulk sewage
sludge will
be applied to determine whether bulk sewage sludge subject to the
cumulative pollutant loading rates in Sec. 503.13(b)(2) has been
applied
to the site since July 20, 1993.
(ii) If bulk sewage sludge subject to the
cumulative pollutant
loading rates in Sec. 503.13(b)(2) has not been applied to the
site
since July 20, 1993, the cumulative amount for each pollutant
listed in
Table 2 of Sec. 503.13 may be applied to the site in accordance
with
Sec. 503.13(a)(2)(i).
(iii) If bulk sewage sludge subject to the
cumulative pollutant
loading rates in Sec. 503.13(b)(2) has been applied to the site
since
July 20, 1993, and the cumulative amount of each pollutant
applied to
the site in the bulk sewage sludge since that date is known, the
cumulative amount of each pollutant applied to the site shall be
used to
determine the additional amount of each pollutant that can be
applied to
the site in accordance with Sec. 503.13(a)(2)(i).
(iv) If bulk sewage sludge subject to the
cumulative pollutant
loading rates in Sec. 503.13(b)(2) has been applied to the site
since
July 20, 1993, and the cumulative amount of each pollutant
applied to
the site in the bulk sewage sludge since that date is not known,
an
additional amount of each pollutant shall not be applied to the
site in
accordance with Sec. 503.13(a)(2)(i).
(f) When a person who prepares bulk sewage
sludge provides the bulk
sewage
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sludge to a person who applies the bulk sewage sludge to the
land, the
person who prepares the bulk sewage sludge shall provide the
person who
applies the sewage sludge notice and necessary information to
comply
with the requirements in this subpart.
(g) When a person who prepares sewage sludge
provides the sewage
sludge to another person who prepares the sewage sludge, the
person who
provides the sewage sludge shall provide the person who receives
the
sewage sludge notice and necessary information to comply with the
requirements in this subpart.
(h) The person who applies bulk sewage sludge
to the land shall
provide the owner or lease holder of the land on which the bulk
sewage
sludge is applied notice and necessary information to comply with
the
requirements in this subpart.
(i) Any person who prepares bulk sewage sludge
that is applied to
land in a State other than the State in which the bulk sewage
sludge is to the site.