North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 13 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Subchapter B - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Section .0800 - SEPTAGE MANAGEMENT › Section 13B .0842 - MANAGEMENT OF SEPTAGE LAND APPLICATION SITES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) General
				  requirements for septage land application sites shall include the following:
(1) only domestic septage, as defined in
				  G.S.
				  130A-290, shall be land applied or otherwise
				  placed on a septage land application site, unless specified in the
				  permit;
(2) each site shall be
				  posted with visible and legible "NO TRESPASSING" signs. All access roads or
				  paths crossing or leading to the disposal area shall be posted "NO TRESPASSING"
				  and a visible and legible sign stating "SEPTAGE LAND APPLICATION SITE" shall be
				  maintained at each entrance to the land application area;
(3) each site shall have an all weather
				  access road;
(4) no hazardous
				  wastes shall be permitted on the site;
(5) no site shall be permitted for land
				  application of industrial or commercial septage unless the applicant
				  demonstrates to the Division that the strength of the organic and inorganic
				  components of the septage is within the normal range for domestic
				  septage;
(6) treatment plant
				  septage generated by the operation of a wastewater system permitted under
				  Article 11 of Chapter 130A may be land applied at a septage land application
				  site permitted under this Section;
(7) septage shall be applied to the surface
				  of the land from a moving vehicle to have no standing liquid or soil
				  disturbance resulting from the waste flow after the discharge is
				  complete;
(8) septage shall not be
				  applied to a site if any liquid is ponded on the site or if the site is
				  flooded, frozen, or snow covered;
(9) septage shall not be applied to a site if
				  the application method will result in ruts greater than three inches in the
				  soil surface;
(10) disposal area
				  boundaries shall be marked on the ground while a site or any portion of a site
				  is in use. Markers shall be of adequate height and spacing such that they are
				  visible and distinguishable from the surrounding landscape for determining the
				  disposal boundaries when the site is in use;
(11) all septage discharges shall be made at
				  a location on the site consistent with the nutrient management plan;
(12) all septage discharges, including aerial
				  drift from discharges, shall be made within the permitted boundaries of the
				  land application site;
(13) land
				  application of septage shall be limited to a maximum daily hydraulic
				  application rate of one acre inch;
(14) grease septage shall be diluted at least
				  1:1 from its concentration when pumped with domestic septage or water if land
				  applied over perennial vegetation. This dilution shall be increased if crop
				  damage occurs. This dilution requirement shall not apply to the liquid portion
				  of grease septage that has been treated to remove solids, fats, oils, and
				  grease as long as crop damage does not occur;
(15) solids resulting from septage treatment
				  shall not be land applied unless the solids are treated to meet pathogen
				  reduction and vector attraction reduction requirements in
				  40 CFR
				  503, and the permittee has demonstrated to
				  the Division that the solids will be land applied with uniform distribution
				  over the entire permitted application area at agronomic rates with standard
				  agricultural spreading equipment;
(16) the site shall be managed to minimize
				  soil erosion and surface water runoff. Appropriate soil and water management
				  practices shall be implemented and maintained in accordance with the erosion
				  and run-off management plan submitted in accordance with Rule .0840(c)(14) of
				  this Section. All water control structures shall be designed, installed, and
				  maintained to control the run-off resulting from a 10-year storm;
(17) approved nutrient management plans shall
				  be followed;
(18) land application
				  sites or portions of land application sites that do not follow the approved
				  nutrient management plan shall not be used for land application until brought
				  into compliance with the nutrient management plan;
(19) land application sites permitted for the
				  management of grease septage, or commercial or industrial septage, shall have a
				  septage detention facility available, of adequate size to meet the requirement
				  of Subparagraph (a)(14) of this Rule; and
(20) a septage land application site permit
				  holder or operator is responsible for the actions of any septage management
				  firm that the permit holder or operator allows to use his or her land
				  application site.