[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 29]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR503.1]

[Page 819]
 
                   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 A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 503.1  Purpose and applicability.


    (a) Purpose. (1) This part establishes standards, which consist of 
general requirements, pollutant limits, management practices, and 
operational standards, for the final use or disposal of sewage sludge 
generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works. 
Standards are included in this part for sewage sludge applied to the 
land, placed on a surface disposal site, or fired in a sewage sludge 
incinerator. Also included in this part are pathogen and alternative 
vector attraction reduction requirements for sewage sludge applied to 
the land or placed on a surface disposal site.
    (2) In addition, the standards in this part include the frequency of 
monitoring and recordkeeping requirements when sewage sludge is applied 
to the land, placed on a surface disposal site, or fired in a sewage 
sludge incinerator. Also included in this part are reporting 
requirements for Class I sludge management facilities, publicly owned 
treatment works (POTWs) with a design flow rate equal to or greater than 
one million gallons per day, and POTWs that serve 10,000 people or more.
    (b) Applicability. (1) This part applies to any person who prepares 
sewage sludge, applies sewage sludge to the land, or fires sewage sludge 
in a sewage sludge incinerator and to the owner/operator of a surface 
disposal site.
    (2) This part applies to sewage sludge applied to the land, placed 
on a surface disposal site, or fired in a sewage sludge incinerator.
    (3) This part applies to the exit gas from a sewage sludge 
incinerator stack.
    (4) This part applies to land where sewage sludge is applied, to a 
surface disposal site, and to a sewage sludge incinerator.