Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-40 - Sewage Sludge › Section 3745-40-07 - Requirements for the field storage of biosolids and regional facility storage

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Biosolids shall
			 be stored in a manner that is protective of human health and the environment
			 and shall not impact waters of the state or create nuisance odors.
(B)
								Prohibitions. If utilizing vector attraction reduction
			 options nine (VAR-9) or ten (VAR-10), the field storage of class B biosolids is
			 prohibited.
(C)
								Except as provided in rule
			 3745-40-10
			 of the Administrative Code, no person shall store class B biosolids at a site
			 that has not been authorized by the director or an authorized representative
			 for beneficial use in accordance with rule
			 3745-40-06
			 of the Administrative Code.
(D)
								Isolation
			 distance requirements.
(1)
									The isolation distances listed in table D-1 of this
			 rule shall be maintained for the field storage of class B and bulk exceptional
			 quality biosolids.
Table D-1: Isolation distance
				requirements that shall be maintained from the location of class B and bulk
				exceptional quality biosolids.
Isolation distance
						  requirement:
To be maintained
						  from:
For biosolids
						  classification:
Three feet
Bedrock
Class B and bulk exceptional
						  quality
One hundred feet
Surface waters of the
						  state
Class B and bulk exceptional
						  quality
Three hundred feet
A sinkhole or a UIC class V
						  drainage well
Class B and bulk exceptional
						  quality
Three hundred feet
An occupied structure or
						  school
Class B
Three hundred feet
A private, potable water
						  source
Class B
One thousand feet
A medical care
						  facility
Class B
(2)
									The director or an authorized representative may allow
			 a reduction in isolation distance for an occupied structure that is located
			 adjacent to field storage area at an authorized beneficial use site, provided
			 such a request is made from both the structure owner and, if applicable, the
			 resident of the occupied structure.
A request for an isolation distance
				reduction shall be made on forms approved by the director.
(3)
									In
			 addition to the isolation distance requirements in table D-1 of this rule, no
			 person shall store class B biosolids in any of the following ways:
(a)
										Within either of
			 the following areas pertaining to public water systems:
(i)
											Within the
			 sanitary isolation distance a public water system shall maintain for a drinking
			 water supply well as established in rule
			 3745-9-04 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(ii)
											Within the following areas defined in table D-2 of this
			 rule.
Table D-2: Setback requirements for
				public water systems.
Type of public water
						  system
Setback
Community or non-transient,
						  non-community public water system
The inner management zone; if
						  the drinking water source protection area is underlain by karst or fractured
						  bedrock and has been determined to be highly susceptible to contamination, the
						  setback shall be extended to include the entire drinking water source
						  protection area.
Transient, non-community public
						  water system using ground water
Three hundred feet from the
						  water supply well
(iii)
											Within the emergency management zone for a public water
			 system using surface water. Where no emergency management zone has been
			 delineated or endorsed by the Ohio environmental protection agency, the
			 isolation distance shall consist of a circle with a radius of one thousand five
			 hundred feet from the intake.
(b)
										Within a low
			 lying wet area or on soils frequently flooded.
[Comment: "Frequently flooded" and "low
				lying wet area" are defined in rule
				3745-40-01 of the
				Administrative Code.]
(c)
										Where the slope
			 is greater than fifteen per cent.