[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: 40CFR503.12]



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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.