[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 28]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR503.1]

[Page 818-819]
 
                   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 A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 503.1  Purpose and applicability.




                      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.
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.

[[Page 819]]

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.



    (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.