Florida Administrative Code › 62 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › 62 - Departmental › Chapter 62-640 - BIOSOLIDS › Section 62-640.650 - Monitoring, Record Keeping, Reporting, and Notification

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The
				minimum requirements in this chapter for monitoring, record keeping, or
				reporting by a permittee shall be increased or reduced by the Department
				considering any of the following site-specific requirements: the quality or
				quantity of wastewater or biosolids treated; historical variations in biosolids
				characteristics; industrial wastewater or sludge contributions to the facility;
				the use, land application, or disposal of the biosolids; the water quality of
				surface and ground water and the hydrogeology of the area; wastewater or
				biosolids treatment processes; and the compliance history of the facility or
				application site.
(2) An increase
				or reduction in a permittee's monitoring or reporting requirements will require
				a minor permit revision under Rule
				 62-620.325, F.A.C. Revisions to
				decrease permit requirements for monitoring or reporting shall be subject to
				the public notice requirements of subsection
				 62-620.325(2),
				F.A.C.
(3) Monitoring Requirements.
(a) Biosolids Monitoring.
1. Biosolids sampling and analysis shall be
				conducted as follows:
a. Monitoring for the
				pathogen and vector attraction reduction requirements of rule
				 62-640.600, F.A.C., and the
				parameters in subparagraph
				 62-640.650(3)(a) 
				3., F.A.C., shall be conducted by the treatment facility in accordance with
				40 C.F.R.
				503.8, codified as of July 1, 2018, which the
				Department hereby adopts and incorporates by reference available at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-13259
,
				and the
POTW Sludge Sampling and Analysis Guidance Document,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, August 1989, which the Department adopts
				and incorporates by reference available at
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-13258
.
				These documents are also available from the Wastewater Management Program, M.S.
				3545, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400. In cases where
				disagreements exist between 40 C.F.R. 503.8 and the
POTW Sludge Sampling and Analysis Guidance Document
, the
				requirements in 40 C.F.R.
				503.8 will apply.
b.  Monitoring for water extractable
				phosphorus shall follow the Universal Water Extractable P Test for Manure and
				Biosolids, Wolf, A.M., P.A. Moor, P.J.A.. Kleinman, D.M. Sullivan, 2009,
				Methods of Phosphorus Analysis for Soils, Sediments, Residuals and Waters,
				Second Edition, Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin, Pages 76-80,
https://sera17dotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/sera-17-methods-for-p-2009.pdf
,
				which the Department adopts and incorporates by reference. The document is
				available at.
http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-13261
and from the Wastewater Management Program, M.S. 3545, 2600 Blair Stone Road,
				Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400.
c.
				Beginning after June 21, 2021, all domestic wastewater treatment facilities and
				biosolids treatment facilities permitted to land apply biosolids shall start
				monitoring for water extractable phosphorus during routine biosolids monitoring
				events in accordance with subparagraphs
				 62-640.650(3)(a) 
				3. and 4., F.A.C. The results shall be provided to the permittees of land
				application sites where the facility's biosolids are land applied but are not
				required to be reported by the facility to the Department until after the
				facility is subject to this chapter revised June 21, 2021 in accordance with
				paragraph  62-640.100(5)(f),
				F.A.C.