[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 29]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR503.10]



[Page 824-825]

 

                   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



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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 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]