Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-40 - Sewage Sludge › Section 3745-40-06 - Beneficial use site authorizations for class B biosolids

Current
			 through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A)
								Authorization for a beneficial use site. Prior to the
			 beneficial use of class B biosolids, a permittee shall obtain written notice of
			 authorization to beneficially use class B biosolids at a proposed beneficial
			 use site from the director or an authorized representative pursuant to the
			 permittee's NPDES permit or approved biosolids management plan.
(1)
									The permittee
			 shall submit a notice of beneficial use site application to beneficially use
			 class B biosolids on one or more proposed beneficial use sites in any county
			 approved for beneficial use in the permittee's NPDES permit or biosolids
			 management plan.
(a)
										Notice of beneficial use site application requests
			 shall be submitted on forms approved by the director at least forty-five days
			 prior to the expected date of beneficial use.
(b)
										At a minimum, a
			 notice of beneficial use site application request shall contain all of the
			 following:
(i)
											The permittee's name, address, telephone number, NPDES
			 permit number or biosolids management plan number, contact person and signed
			 certification statement.
(ii)
											The name, address, contact information and signed
			 certification statement for the owner of each site.
(iii)
											The name,
			 address, contact information and signed certification statement for the
			 beneficial use site operator of each site.
(iv)
											The name,
			 address, contact information and signed certification statement for the
			 beneficial user for each site.
(v)
											The beneficial
			 use site information required by the notice of beneficial use site application
			 forms including, but not limited to all of the following:
(a)
												The beneficial
			 use site location, acreage of the proposed site, and type of beneficial use to
			 be performed.
(b)
												Soil monitoring results, crop information, soil types
			 including hydrologic soil group, flooding frequency class and ground
			 slope.
(c)
												As applicable, the location of surface waters of the
			 state, sinkholes or underground injection control class V drainage wells,
			 occupied structures, schools, medical care facilities, potable water supplies
			 and water systems on each proposed beneficial use site and within one thousand
			 feet of the site.
(d)
												The location of field tiles on each proposed beneficial
			 use site, if any.
(e)
												The potential location of biosolids stockpile areas
			 with applicable isolation distances.
(f)
												The history of
			 beneficial use at each proposed beneficial use site, including past beneficial
			 use of class B and bulk exceptional quality biosolids, manure and commercial
			 fertilizer for the previous five years.
(g)
												Maps that show
			 the soil types, flooding frequency, site entrance and applicable isolation
			 distances.
(h)
												A copy of the most recent soil test
			 results.
(i)
												Any other information requested by the director or an
			 authorized representative.