Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-40 - Sewage Sludge › Section 3745-40-03 - NPDES permit requirements and biosolids management plan requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
[Comment: For dates of non-regulatory
				government publications, publications of recognized organizations and
				associations, federal rules and federal statutory provisions referenced in this
				rule, see rule
				3745-40-01 of the
				Administrative Code.]
(A)
								NPDES permit requirements.
(1)
									Except as
			 provided in paragraph (C) of this rule, the treatment, storage, transfer, or
			 disposal of sewage sludge or biosolids shall be in compliance with this chapter
			 and, as applicable, the conditions of an NPDES permit.
(2)
									Except as
			 provided in paragraph (C) of this rule, the beneficial use of biosolids shall
			 be in compliance with this chapter and, as applicable, the conditions of an
			 NPDES permit.
(3)
									The director may require an NPDES permit or biosolids
			 management plan for the beneficial use of exceptional quality
			 biosolids.
(4)
									To protect public health or the environment, the
			 director may specify in any NPDES permit any of the following:
(a)
										Requirements for
			 the net volume, net weight, quality or pollutant concentration of the sewage
			 sludge or biosolids.
(b)
										The manner or frequency of the treatment, storage,
			 transfer or disposal of sewage sludge or biosolids.
(c)
										The manner or
			 frequency of the beneficial use of the biosolids.
(d)
										Schedules of
			 compliance.
(e)
										Permit conditions that do any of the following:
(i)
											Minimize the
			 creation of nuisance odors.
(ii)
											Implement
			 treatment, storage, transfer or disposal of the sewage sludge or
			 biosolids.
(iii)
											Implement the beneficial use of
			 biosolids.
(iv)
											Authorize the beneficial use of class B biosolids in
			 specific counties at sites authorized in accordance with rule
			 3745-40-06
			 of the Administrative Code.
(v)
											Require the
			 filing of periodic reports on the amounts, composition and quality of the
			 sewage sludge or biosolids.
(vi)
											Establish a
			 procedure to approve feedstocks.
(vii)
											Establish an
			 odor management plan that details the measures that will be implemented to
			 minimize odor generation and prevent nuisance odors.
(viii)
											Develop
			 standard operating procedures for any of the following that apply:
(a)
												Pathogen
			 reduction alternative sampling.
(b)
												Vector attraction
			 reduction alternative sampling.
(c)
												Beneficial use of
			 biosolids at beneficial use sites with tile drainage.
(d)
												Use of draghose
			 application systems at beneficial use sites.
(e)
												Use of mobile
			 storage tanks at beneficial use sites.
(f)
												Any other
			 requirement that the director or an authorized representative deems necessary
			 for the protection of public health and the environment or to minimize the
			 creation of odors and prevent nuisance odors.
(f)
										Permit conditions that are more stringent than the
			 requirements in this chapter because of site specific concerns or unique
			 factors relevant to the treatment, storage, transfer or disposal of sewage
			 sludge or biosolids, the beneficial use of biosolids, or the permittee's
			 operation or maintenance of the disposal system or beneficial
			 use.