[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: 40CFR503.12]

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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. 503.12  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

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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 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 
prepared shall provide written notice, prior to the initial application 
of bulk sewage sludge to the land application site by the applier, to 
the permitting authority for the State in which the bulk sewage sludge 
is proposed to be applied. The notice shall include:
    (1) The location, by either street address or latitude and 
longitude, of each land application site.
    (2) The approximate time period bulk sewage sludge will be applied 
to the site.
    (3) The name, address, telephone number, and National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System permit number (if appropriate) for the 
person who prepares the bulk sewage sludge.
    (4) The name, address, telephone number, and National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System permit number (if appropriate) for the 
person who will apply the bulk sewage sludge.
    (j) Any person who applies bulk sewage sludge subject to the 
cumulative pollutant loading rates in Sec. 503.13(b)(2) to the land 
shall provide written notice, prior to the initial application of bulk 
sewage sludge to a land application site by the applier, to the 
permitting authority for the State in which the bulk sewage sludge will 
be applied and the permitting authority shall retain and provide access 
to the notice. The notice shall include:
    (1) The location, by either street address or latitude and 
longitude, of the land application site.
    (2) The name, address, telephone number, and National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System permit number (if appropriate) of the 
person who will apply the bulk sewage sludge.