[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 29]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 40CFR503.27]



[Page 840-841]

 

                   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 C_Surface Disposal

 

Sec.  503.27  Recordkeeping.



    (a) When sewage sludge (other than domestic septage) is placed on an 

active sewage sludge unit:

    (1) The person who prepares the sewage sludge shall develop the 

following information and shall retain the information for five years.

    (i) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 1 of Sec.  

503.23 in the sewage sludge when the pollutant concentrations in Table 1 

of Sec.  503.23 are met.

    (ii) 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 

Sec.  503.32(a), Sec.  503.32(b)(2), Sec.  503.32(b)(3), or Sec.  

503.32(b)(4) when one of those requirements is met) 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.



    (iii) A description of how the pathogen requirements in Sec.  503.32 

(a), (b)(2), (b)(3), or (b)(4) are met when one of those requirements is 

met.

    (iv) A description of how one of the vector attraction reduction 

requirements in Sec.  503.33 (b)(1) through (b)(8) is met when one of 

those requirements is met.

    (2) The owner/operator of the surface disposal site, shall develop 

the following information and shall retain that information for five 

years.

    (i) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 2 of Sec.  

503.23 in the sewage sludge when the pollutant concentrations in Table 2 

of Sec.  503.23 are met or when site-specific pollutant limits in Sec.  

503.23(b) are met.

    (ii) 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.  

503.24 and the vector attraction reduction requirement in (insert one of 

the requirements in Sec.  503.33(b)(9) through Sec.  503.33(b)(11) 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.



    (iii) A description of how the management practices in Sec.  503.24 

are met.

    (iv) A description of how the vector attraction reduction 

requirements in Sec.  503.33 (b)(9) through (b)(11) are met if one of 

those requirements is met.

    (b) When domestic septage is placed on a surface disposal site:

    (1) If the vector attraction reduction requirements in Sec.  

503.33(b)(12) are met, the person who places the domestic septage on the 

surface disposal site shall develop the following information and shall 

retain the information for five years:

    (i) The following certification statement:



    I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be 

used to determine compliance with the vector attraction reduction 

requirements in Sec.  503.33(b)(12) was prepared under my direction and 

supervision in



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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.



    (ii) A description of how the vector attraction reduction 

requirements in Sec.  503.33(b)(12) are met.

    (2) The owner/operator of the surface disposal site shall develop 

the following information and shall retain that information for five 

years:

    (i) 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.  

503.24 and the vector attraction reduction requirements in (insert Sec.  

503.33(b)(9) through Sec.  503.33(b)(11) 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 or 

imprisonment.



    (ii) A description of how the management practices in Sec.  503.24 

are met.

    (iii) A description how the vector attraction reduction requirements 

in Sec.  503.33(b)(9) through Sec.  503.33(b)(11) are met if one of 

those requirements is 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 42571, Aug. 4, 1999]