Alabama Administrative Code › Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH › Chapter 420-3-6 - SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT › Section 420-3-6-.09 - Land Application Permits

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
No person shall apply septage or septage mixed with other
				permitted waste to any land of this state for which a current Land Application
				Permit has not been issued in accordance with these rules.
(1) Before any person may establish, operate,
			 or materially alter or modify a land application facility for the purpose of
			 receiving, treating, or land applying septage or septage mixed with other
			 permitted waste, he or she shall apply to and obtain from the LHD a Land
			 Application Permit on forms provided by the Board and in accordance with the
			 requirements of this rule.
(2) The
			 initial application for a permit shall be made jointly to the LHD and the Board
			 and shall be accompanied by the following information:
(a) The name(s), mailing address(es), and
			 telephone number(s) of the applicant, business, and property owner, and the
			 street address, or location, of the proposed land application
			 facility.
(b) A copy of the
			 property deed, including any easements or "Covenant(s) Running with the Land"
			 and a letter from the property owner, if other than the applicant, granting
			 permission, for a period of at least 2 years, to the applicant to use the
			 property for the treatment and application of septage or septage mixed with
			 other permitted waste.
(c) Evidence
			 of an investigation of alternative options locally available to the applicant
			 for the disposal of septage and other permitted waste. Such evidence must
			 demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the LHD and the Board, that the land
			 application of septage and septage mixed with other permitted waste is the only
			 option available to the applicant. Such evidence shall include, but not be
			 limited to, the following:
1. A list of sewage
			 treatment plants, municipal solid waste landfills, or other approved disposal
			 facilities, within 30 miles of proposed land application site, available to the
			 applicant.
2. Statement(s) from
			 each sewage treatment plant, municipal solid waste landfill, or other approved
			 disposal facility, indicating whether septage or other permitted waste are
			 accepted at those facilities.
(d) A Septage Management Plan describing the
			 methods to be used to transport, store, lime-stabilize, screen, and land apply
			 septage or septage mixed with other permitted waste to comply with requirements
			 of
Rule
			 420-3-6-.15 Operation of Land
			 Application Facilities
and methods to be used to control erosion,
			 surface run-off, and infiltration. The plan shall address the method by which
			 other permitted waste, if accepted at the facility, will be mixed with septage
			 and lime-stabilized before spreading on the land. In addition, a tracking
			 system shall be proposed in the management plan to ensure that septage is
			 spread uniformly over the area of the facility and to ensure that the annual
			 application rate, specified in
Rule
			 420-3-6-.15 Operation of Land
			 Application Facilities
, is strictly observed over the entire area.
			 Such a tracking system may consist of a division of the application area into
			 sectors to be marked by flagging, or other method which would facilitate the
			 rotation of individual applications and effective record keeping. The LHD or
			 the Board may direct the permit holder to make changes to the Septage
			 Management Plan at any time, if deemed necessary to protect public health and
			 the environment.
(e) The name(s),
			 address(es), telephone number(s), and Sewage Tank Pumper Permit number(s) of
			 the person(s) who will deliver septage or other permitted waste to the land
			 application facility. Those persons who will land apply septage or septage
			 mixed with other permitted waste at the proposed facility shall be clearly
			 indicated.
(f) The expected volumes
			 in gallons of septage or other permitted waste to be received, stored, and land
			 applied at the facility annually. In addition, the type of crop(s) growing or
			 to be grown on the land, the anticipated crop yield per acre, and the crop
			 nitrogen requirement in pounds per acre per 365-day period, as proposed by the
			 Certified Crop Advisor.
(g) A
			 description of measures that will be used to properly store or dispose of
			 septage or other permitted waste in the event of equipment failure; when access
			 to the facility is restricted due to flooded, frozen, snow-covered, or other
			 conditions; or during an emergency. Such measures may include the cessation of
			 additional deliveries of septage or other permitted waste to the facility; the
			 use of storage tanks; or the disposal of septage or other permitted waste at a
			 sewage treatment plant or approved landfill. Evidence of agreements made with a
			 sewage treatment plant or an approved landfill shall be presented.