South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-9 - Water Pollution Control Permits › Subchapter 61-9.503 - STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE › Part B - LAND APPLICATION › Section 61-9.503.B.12 - General requirements

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
(a) No
				  person shall apply sewage sludge to the land except in accordance with the
				  requirements in this part.
(b) No
				  person shall apply bulk sewage sludge subject to the cumulative pollutant
				  loading rates in section503.13(b)(2)(b)(2) to agricultural land, forest, a
				  public contact site, or a reclamation site if any of the cumulative pollutant
				  loading rates in section503.13(b)(2)(b)(2) has been reached.
(c) No person shall apply domestic septage to
				  agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site during a 365 day period if the
				  annual application rate in section503.13(c)(c) has been reached during that
				  period.
(d) The person who prepares
				  bulk sewage sludge that is applied to agricultural land, forest, a public
				  contact site, or a reclamation site shall provide the person who applies the
				  bulk sewage sludge written notification of the concentration of total nitrogen
				  (as N on a dry weight basis) in the bulk sewage sludge.
(e)
(1) The
				  person or the permittee who applies sewage sludge to the land shall obtain
				  information needed to comply with the requirements in this part.
(2)
(i)
				  Before bulk sewage sludge subject to the cumulative pollutant loading rates in
				  section503.13(b)(2)(b)(2) is applied to the land, the person who proposes to
				  apply the bulk sewage sludge shall contact the Department or the permitting
				  authority for the State in which the bulk sewage sludge will be applied to
				  determine whether bulk sewage sludge subject to the cumulative pollutant
				  loading rates in section503.13(b)(2)(b)(2) has been applied to the
				  site.
(ii) If bulk sewage sludge
				  subject to the cumulative pollutant loading rates in section503.13(b)(2)(b)(2)
				  has not been applied to the site, the cumulative amount for each pollutant
				  listed in Table 2 of section503.13 may be applied to the site in accordance
				  with section503.13(a)(2)(i)(a)(2)(i).
(iii) If bulk sewage sludge subject to the
				  cumulative pollutant loading rates in section503.13(b)(2)(b)(2) has been
				  applied to the site and the cumulative amount of each pollutant applied to the
				  site in the bulk sewage sludge is known, the cumulative amount of each
				  pollutant applied to the site shall be used to determine the additional amount
				  of each pollutant that can be applied to the site in accordance with
				  section503.13(a)(2)(i)(a)(2)(i).
(iv) If bulk sewage sludge subject to the
				  cumulative pollutant loading rates in section503.13(b)(2)(b)(2) has been
				  applied to the site since July 20, 1993 and the cumulative amount of each
				  pollutant applied to the site in the bulk sewage sludge since that date is not
				  known, an additional amount of each pollutant shall not be applied to the site
				  in accordance with section503.13(a)(2)(i)(a)(2)(i).