[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: 40CFR503.17] [Page 830-833] 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. [[Page 831]] (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. [[Page 832]] (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. [[Page 833]] (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]