Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0006-0032
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-04-09T04:00Z

I.
OW­
2003­
0006:
Standards
for
the
Use
or
Disposal
of
Sewage
Sludge;
Agency
Response
to
the
National
Research
Council
Report
on
Biosolids
Applied
to
Land
and
the
Results
of
EPA's
Review
of
Existing
Sewage
Sludge
Regulations.

A.
Federal
Register
Notice
B.
References
Cited
C.
OMB
Review
Material
D.
Public
Comments
1.
Comments
Received
or
Postmarked
by
July
8,
2003
2.
Comments
Received
or
Postmarked
after
July
8,
2003
OW­
2003­
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Sewage
Sludge
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A
A.
Federal
Register
Notice
1.
Federal
Register
Notice.
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
Standards
for
the
Use
or
Disposal
of
Sewage
Sludge;
Agency
Response
to
the
National
Research
Council
Report
on
Biosolids
Applied
to
Land
and
the
Results
of
EPA's
Review
of
Existing
Sewage
Sludge
Regulations..
Vol.
68,
No.
68,
April
9,
2003.
pp.
17379­
17395.
OW­
2003­
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Sewage
Sludge
I­
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B.
References
Cited
1.
NRC,
1996.
Use
of
Reclaimed
Water
and
Sludge
in
Food
Crop
Production.
The
National
Academies
Press.
Washington,
DC.
Available
online
at
http://
www.
nap.
edu/
catalog/
5175.
html
2.
NRC,
2002.
Biosolids
Applied
to
Land;
Advancing
Standards
and
Practices,
National
Research
Council
of
the
National
Academies.
The
National
Academies
Press.
Available
online
at
http://
search.
nap.
edu/
books/
0309084865/
html.

3.
University
of
Arizona,
National
Science
Foundation,
Water
Quality
Center,
within
the
Environmental
Research
Laboratory.
Several
studies
ongoing.
Ian
L.
Pepper,
Director.
Tuscon,
Arizona.
Ongoing
research
paper,
no
paper
copy
provided
to
the
Docket.

4.
USEPA,
1994.
A
Plain
English
Guide
to
the
EPA
Part
503
Biosolids
Rule.
190
pages.
Office
of
Water,
Office
of
Wastewater
Management.
See
W­
99­
18
SS
PRO,
I­
C.
7.
Available
online
at:
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
owm/
mtb/
biosolids/
503pe/
index.
htm.

5.
USEPA,
1996.
Technical
Support
Document
for
the
Round
Two
Sewage
Sludge
Pollutants.
EPA­
822­
R­
96­
003.
Office
of
Water.
Washington,
DC.
August,
1996.
See
W­
99­
18
SS
PRO,
I­
B.
7.

6.
USEPA,
2002a.
Compilation
of
National
Research
Council
(
NRC)
Recommendations
on
Biosolids
and
EPA
Responses
and
Activities.
9
pages.
Office
of
Water,
Office
of
Science
and
Technology.
Washington,
DC.

7.
USEPA,
2002b.
Guidelines
for
Ensuring
and
Maximizing
the
Quality,
Objectivity,
Utility,
and
Integrity
of
Information
Disseminated
by
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency.
EPA
260R­
02­
008.
Office
of
Environmental
Information.
Washington,
DC.
October
2002.
Available
online
at
Http://
www.
epa.
gov/
oei/
qualityguidelines.

8.
USEPA,
2002c.
Screening
History
for
the
Part
503
Rounds
One
and
Two
Proposal.
4
pages.
Office
of
Water,
Office
of
Science
and
Technology.
Washington,
DC.

9.
USEPA,
2002d.
Literature
Search
of
Publicly
Available
Information
to
Identify
Information
on
Pollutants
in
Sewage
Sludge
Since
1990.
48
pages.
Office
of
Water,
Office
of
Science
and
Technology.
Washington,
DC.

10.
USEPA,
2002e.
Human
Health
Benchmarks
for
Potential
Constituents
in
Biosolids.
11
pages.
Office
of
Water,
Office
of
Science
and
Technology.
Washington,
DC.
OW­
2003­
0006
Sewage
Sludge
I­
B
B.
References
Cited
11.
USEPA,
2002f.
List
of
Analytes
from
the
1989
National
Sewage
Sludge
Survey
Found
in
Less
than
1%
of
the
Samples.
7
pages.
Office
of
Water,
Office
of
Science
and
Technology.
Washington,
DC.

12.
USEPA,
2002g.
Summary
of
Analytes
from
the
1989
National
Sewage
Sludge
Survey.
12
pages.
Office
of
Water,
Office
of
Science
and
Technology.
Washington,
DC.

13.
USEPA,
2002h.
Potential
Analytes.
5
pages.
Office
of
Water,
Office
of
Science
and
Technology.
Washington,
DC.

14.
USEPA,
2003a.
In
press.
Contemporary
Perspectives
on
Infectious
Disease
Agents
In
Sewage
Sludge
and
Manure.
Compost
Science
&
Utilization/
The
JG
Press,
Inc.
Ongoing
research,
no
paper
copy
available
­
not
provided
to
the
Docket.

15.
USEPA,
2003b.
Candidate
Pollutants
for
Ongoing
Sewage
Sludge
Evaluation.
15
pages.
Office
of
Water,
Office
of
Science
and
Technology.
Washington,
DC.

16.
WERF,
2003.
Dynamic
Model
to
Assess
Microbial
Health
Risks
Associated
with
Beneficial
Uses
of
Biosolids.
Cooperative
Agreement
No.
CR­
825237.
Alexandria,
VA.
Ongoing
research,
no
paper
copy
available
­
not
provided
to
the
Docket.
OW­
2003­
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Sewage
Sludge
I­
C
C.
OMB
Review
Material
1.
Form
for
Compliance
with
E.
O.
12866
Docket
Requirements.