[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: 40CFR503.15]

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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. 503.15  Operational standards--pathogens and vector attraction 
reduction.

    (a) Pathogens--sewage sludge. (1) The Class A pathogen requirements 
in Sec. 503.32(a) or the Class B pathogen requirements and site 
restrictions in Sec. 503.32(b) shall be met when bulk sewage sludge is 
applied to agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a 
reclamation site.
    (2) The Class A pathogen requirements in Sec. 503.32(a) shall be 
met when bulk sewage sludge is applied to a lawn or a home garden.
    (3) The Class A pathogen requirements in Sec. 503.32(a) shall be 
met when sewage sludge is sold or given away in a bag or other container 
for application to the land.
    (b) Pathogens--domestic septage. The requirements in either Sec. 
503.32 (c)(1) or (c)(2) shall be met when domestic septage is applied to 
agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site.
    (c) Vector attraction reduction--sewage sludge. (1) One of the 
vector attraction reduction requirements in Sec. 503.33 (b)(1) through 
(b)(10) shall be met when bulk sewage sludge is applied to agricultural 
land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site.
    (2) One of the vector attraction reduction requirements in Sec. 
503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8) shall be met when bulk sewage sludge is 
applied to a lawn or a home garden.
    (3) One of the vector attraction reduction requirements in Sec. 
503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8) shall be met when sewage sludge is sold or 
given away in a bag or other container for application to the land.
    (d) Vector attraction reduction--domestic septage. The vector 
attraction reduction requirements in Sec. 503.33(b)(9), (b)(10), or 
(b)(12) shall be met when domestic septage is applied to agricultural 
land, forest, or a reclamation site.