[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: 40CFR503.17]

[Page 829-832]
 
                   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. 503.17  Recordkeeping.

    (a) Sewage sludge. (1) The person who prepares the sewage sludge in 
Sec. 503.10(b)(1) or (e) shall develop the following information and 
shall retain the information for five years:
    (i) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 3 of Sec. 
503.13 in the sewage sludge.
    (ii) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the Class A pathogen requirements in 
Sec. 503.32(a) and the vector attraction reduction requirement in 
[insert one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in Sec. 
503.33(b)(1) through Sec. 503.33(b)(8)] was prepared under my direction 
and supervision in accordance with the system designed to ensure that 
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate this information. I am 
aware that there are significant penalties for false certification 
including the possibility of fine and imprisonment.

    (iii) A description of how the Class A pathogen requirements in 
Sec. 503.32(a) are met.
    (iv) A description of how one of the vector attraction reduction 
requirements in Sec. 503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8) is met.
    (2) The person who derives the material in Sec. 503.10 (c)(1) or 
(f) shall develop the following information and shall retain the 
information for five years:
    (i) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 3 of Sec. 
503.13 in the material.
    (ii) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the Class A pathogen requirements in 
Sec. 503.32(a) and the vector attraction reduction requirement in 
(insert one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in Sec. 
503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8)) was prepared under my direction and 
supervision in accordance with the system designed to ensure that 
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate this information. I am 
aware that there are significant penalties for false certification 
including the possibility of fine and imprisonment.

    (iii) A description of how the Class A pathogen requirements in 
Sec. 503.32(a) are met.
    (iv) A description of how one of the vector attraction reduction 
requirements in Sec. 503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8) is met.
    (3) If the pollutant concentrations in Sec. 503.13(b)(3), the Class 
A pathogen requirements in Sec. 503.32(a), and the vector attraction 
reduction requirements in either Sec. 503.33 (b)(9) or (b)(10) are met 
when bulk sewage sludge is applied to agricultural land, forest, a 
public contact site, or a reclamation site:
    (i) The person who prepares the bulk sewage sludge shall develop the 
following information and shall retain the information for five years.

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    (A) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 3 of Sec. 
503.13 in the bulk sewage sludge.
    (B) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the Class A pathogen requirements in 
Sec. 503.32(a) was prepared under my direction and supervision in 
accordance with the system designed to ensure that qualified personnel 
properly gather and evaluate this information. I am aware that there are 
significant penalties for false certification including the possibility 
of fine and imprisonment.

    (C) A description of how the pathogen requirements in Sec. 
503.32(a) are met.
    (ii) The person who applies the bulk sewage sludge shall develop the 
following information and shall retain the information for five years.
    (A) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the management practices in Sec. 
503.14 and the vector attraction reduction requirement in (insert either 
Sec. 503.33(b)(9) or (b)(10)) was prepared under my direction and 
supervision in accordance with the system designed to ensure that 
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate this information. I am 
aware that there are significant penalties for false certification 
including the possibility of fine and imprisonment.

    (B) A description of how the management practices in Sec. 503.14 
are met for each site on which bulk sewage sludge is applied.
    (C) A description of how the vector attraction reduction 
requirements in either Sec. 503.33(b)(9) or (b)(10) are met for each 
site on which bulk sewage sludge is applied.
    (4) If the pollutant concentrations in Sec. 503.13(b)(3) and the 
Class B pathogen requirements in Sec. 503.32(b) are met when bulk 
sewage sludge is applied to agricultural land, forest, a public contact 
site, or a reclamation site:
    (i) The person who prepares the bulk sewage sludge shall develop the 
following information and shall retain the information for five years:
    (A) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 3 of Sec. 
503.13 in the bulk sewage sludge.
    (B) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the Class B pathogen requirements in 
Sec. 503.32(b) and the vector attraction reduction requirement in 
(insert one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in Sec. 
503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8)if one of those requirements is met) was 
prepared under my direction and supervision in accordance with the 
system designed to ensure that qualified personnel properly gather and 
evaluate this information. I am aware that there are significant 
penalties for false certification including the possibility of fine and 
imprisonment.

    (C) A description of how the Class B pathogen requirements in Sec. 
503.32(b) are met.
    (D) When one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in 
Sec. 503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8) is met, a description of how the 
vector attraction reduction requirement is met.
    (ii) The person who applies the bulk sewage sludge shall develop the 
following information and shall retain the information for five years.
    (A) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the management practices in Sec. 
503.14, the site restrictions in Sec. 503.32(b)(5), and the vector 
attraction reduction requirement in (insert either Sec. 503.33(b)(9) or 
(b)(10) if one of those requirements is met) was prepared for each site 
on which bulk sewage sludge is applied under my direction and 
supervision in accordance with the system designed to ensure that 
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate this information. I am 
aware that there are significant penalties for false certification 
including the possibility of fine and imprisonment.

    (B) A description of how the management practices in Sec. 503.14 
are met for each site on which bulk sewage sludge is applied.
    (C) A description of how the site restrictions in Sec. 503.32(b)(5) 
are met for each site on which bulk sewage sludge is applied.
    (D) When the vector attraction reduction requirement in either Sec. 
503.33 (b)(9) or (b)(10) is met, a description of how the vector 
attraction reduction requirement is met.

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    (E) The date bulk sewage sludge is applied to each site.
    (5) If the requirements in Sec. 503.13(a)(2)(i) are met when bulk 
sewage sludge is applied to agricultural land, forest, a public contact 
site, or a reclamation site:
    (i) The person who prepares the bulk sewage sludge shall develop the 
following information and shall retain the information for five years.
    (A) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 1 of Sec. 
503.13 in the bulk sewage sludge.
    (B) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the pathogen requirements in (insert 
either Sec. 503.32(a) or Sec. 503.32(b)) and the vector attraction 
reduction requirement in (insert one of the vector attraction reduction 
requirements in Sec. 503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8) if one of those 
requirements is met) was prepared under my direction and supervision in 
accordance with the system designed to ensure that qualified personnel 
properly gather and evaluate this information. I am aware that there are 
significant penalties for false certification including the possibility 
of fine and imprisonment.

    (C) A description of how the pathogen requirements in either Sec. 
503.32 (a) or (b) are met.
    (D) When one of the vector attraction requirements in Sec. 503.33 
(b)(1) through (b)(8) is met, a description of how the vector attraction 
requirement is met.
    (ii) The person who applies the bulk sewage sludge shall develop the 
following information, retain the information in Sec. 503.17 
(a)(5)(ii)(A) through (a)(5)(ii)(G) indefinitely, and retain the 
information in Sec. 503.17 (a)(5)(ii)(H) through (a)(5)(ii)(M) for five 
years.
    (A) The location, by either street address or latitude and 
longitude, of each site on which bulk sewage sludge is applied.
    (B) The number of hectares in each site on which bulk sewage sludge 
is applied.
    (C) The date bulk sewage sludge is applied to each site.
    (D) The cumulative amount of each pollutant (i.e., kilograms) listed 
in Table 2 of Sec. 503.13 in the bulk sewage sludge applied to each 
site, including the amount in Sec. 503.12(e)(2)(iii).
    (E) The amount of sewage sludge (i.e., metric tons) applied to each 
site.
    (F) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the requirement to obtain information 
in Sec. 503.12(e)(2) was prepared for each site on which bulk sewage 
sludge was applied under my direction and supervision in accordance with 
the system designed to ensure that qualified personnel properly gather 
and evaluate this information. I am aware that there are significant 
penalties for false certification including the possibility of fine and 
imprisonment.

    (G) A description of how the requirements to obtain information in 
Sec. 503.12(e)(2) are met.
    (H) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the management practices in Sec. 
503.14 was prepared for each site on which bulk sewage sludge was 
applied under my direction and supervision in accordance with the system 
designed to ensure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate 
this information. I am aware that there are significant penalties for 
false certification including the possibility of fine and imprisonment.

    (I) A description of how the management practices in Sec. 503.14 
are met for each site on which bulk sewage sludge is applied.
    (J) The following certification statement when the bulk sewage 
sludge meets the Class B pathogen requirements in Sec. 503.32(b):

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the site restrictions in Sec. 
503.32(b)(5) for each site on which Class B sewage sludge was applied 
was prepared under my direction and supervision in accordance with the 
system designed to ensure that qualified personnel properly gather and 
evaluate this information. I am aware that there are significant 
penalties for false certification including the possibility of fine and 
imprisonment.

    (K) A description of how the site restrictions in Sec. 503.32(b)(5) 
are met for each site on which Class B bulk sewage sludge is applied.

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    (L) The following certification statement when the vector attraction 
reduction requirement in either Sec. 503.33(b)(9) or (b)(10) is met:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the vector attraction reduction 
requirement in (insert either Sec. 503.33(b)(9) or Sec. 503.33(b)(10)) 
was prepared under my direction and supervision in accordance with the 
system designed to ensure that qualified personnel properly gather and 
evaluate this information. I am aware that there are significant 
penalties for false certification including the possibility of fine and 
imprisonment.

    (M) If the vector attraction reduction requirements in either Sec. 
503.33 (b)(9) or (b)(10) are met, a description of how the requirements 
are met.
    (6) If the requirements in Sec. 503.13(a)(4)(ii) are met when 
sewage sludge is sold or given away in a bag or other container for 
application to the land, the person who prepares the sewage sludge that 
is sold or given away in a bag or other container shall develop the 
following information and shall retain the information for five years:
    (i) The annual whole sludge application rate for the sewage sludge 
that does not cause the annual pollutant loading rates in Table 4 of 
Sec. 503.13 to be exceeded.
    (ii) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 4 of Sec. 
503.13 in the sewage sludge.
    (iii) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the management practice in Sec. 
503.14(e), the Class A pathogen requirement in Sec. 503.32(a), and the 
vector attraction reduction requirement in (insert one of the vector 
attraction reduction requirements in Sec. 503.33(b)(1) through Sec. 
503.33(b)(8)) was prepared under my direction and supervision in 
accordance with the system designed to ensure that qualified personnel 
properly gather and evaluate this information. I am aware that there are 
significant penalties for false certification including the possibility 
of fine and imprisonment.

    (iv) A description of how the Class A pathogen requirements in Sec. 
503.32(a) are met.
    (v) A description of how one of the vector attraction requirements 
in Sec. 503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8) is met.
    (b) Domestic septage. When domestic septage is applied to 
agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site, the person who applies 
the domestic septage shall develop the following information and shall 
retain the information for five years:
    (1) The location, by either street address or latitude and 
longitude, of each site on which domestic septage is applied.
    (2) The number of acres in each site on which domestic septage is 
applied.
    (3) The date domestic septage is applied to each site.
    (4) The nitrogen requirement for the crop or vegetation grown on 
each site during a 365 day period.
    (5) The rate, in gallons per acre per 365 day period, at which 
domestic septage is applied to each site.
    (6) The following certification statement:

    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 
used to determine compliance with the pathogen requirements (insert 
either Sec. 503.32(c)(1) or Sec. 503.32(c)(2)) and the vector 
attraction reduction requirement in [insert Sec. 503.33(b)(9), 
503.33(b)(10), or Sec. 503.33(b)(12)] was prepared under my direction 
and supervision in accordance with the system designed to ensure that 
qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate this information. I am 
aware that there are significant penalties for false certification 
including the possibility of fine and imprisonment.

    (7) A description of how the pathogen requirements in either Sec. 
503.32(c)(1) or (c)(2) are met.
    (8) A description of how the vector attraction reduction 
requirements in Sec. 503.33 (b)(9), (b)(10), or (b)(12) are met.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
2040-0157)

[58 FR 9387, Feb. 19, 1993, as amended at 64 FR 42569, Aug. 4, 1999]