[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as ofJuly 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR503.10]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 503--STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE--Table of Contents
 
                       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 
ceiling concentrations in Table 1 of Sec. 503.13 and the pollutant 
concentrations in Table 3 of Sec. 503.13; 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

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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 ceiling concentrations in Table 1 of Sec. 503.13 and the pollutant 
concentrations in Table 3 of Sec. 503.13; 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 ceiling 
concentrations in Table 1 of Sec. 503.13 and the pollutant 
concentrations in Table 3 of Sec. 503.13; 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 ceiling concentrations in Table 1 
of Sec. 503.13 and the pollutant concentrations in Table 3 of 
Sec. 503.13; 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 ceiling 
concentrations in Table 1 of Sec. 503.13 and the pollutant 
concentrations in Table 3 of Sec. 503.13; 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 ceiling concentrations in Table 1 of 
Sec. 503.13 and the pollutant concentrations in Table 3 of Sec. 503.13; 
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).

[58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 42568, Aug. 4, 1999]