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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 A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61-9.503.A.4 - Relationship to other regulations

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(a) Disposal of sewage sludge in a municipal
				  solid waste landfill unit, as defined in
				  40
				  CFR 258.2 and R.61-107, that complies with the
				  requirements in 40 CFR Part 258 and R.61-107 constitutes compliance
				  with section405(d)(d) of the CWA. Any person who prepares sewage sludge that is
				  disposed in a municipal solid waste landfill unit shall ensure that the sewage
				  sludge meets the requirements in 40 CFR Part 258 and R.61-107 concerning the quality
				  of materials disposed in a municipal solid waste landfill unit.
(b) The disposal of sewage sludge involving
				  the composting or co-composting of the sewage sludge with yard trash,
				  land-clearing debris, or a combination of yard trash and land clearing debris
				  shall comply with the requirements established in R.61-107. The submission and
				  information requirements shall be determined by the Department.
(c) The disposal of sewage sludge utilizing
				  an innovative and experimental solid waste management technology or process
				  shall comply with the requirements addressed in R.61-107.
(d) The disposal of sewage sludge involving
				  firing of sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator or the heat drying/heat
				  conditioning of the sewage sludge shall comply with the requirements addressed
				  in 40 CFR Part 60, 40 CFR Part 61, and R.61-62.
(e) The processing of wastewater or the
				  disposal of effluent from the processing of wastewater shall comply with the
				  requirements addressed in R.61-62. Any activity covered by
				  the Clean Air Amendments of 1990, shall comply within the time frame specified
				  in the Clean Air Amendment or applicable federal regulations.
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 A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61-9.503.A.5 - Additional or more stringent requirements

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(a) On a case-by-case basis, the Department
				  may impose requirements for the use or disposal of sewage sludge in addition to
				  or more stringent than the requirements in this part when necessary to protect
				  public health and the environment from any adverse effect of a pollutant in the
				  sewage sludge.
(b) Nothing in this
				  part precludes a State or political subdivision thereof or interstate agency
				  from imposing requirements for the use or disposal of sewage sludge more
				  stringent than the requirements in this part or from imposing additional
				  requirements for the use or disposal of sewage sludge.
(c) Sludge generated at an industrial
				  facility. See R.61-9.504 for permit
				  requirements for Industrial sludges.
(d) Commercial and mixed Domestic/Commercial
				  septage. See R.61-9.504 for permit
				  requirements.
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 A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61-9.503.A.6 - Exclusions

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(a) Treatment
				  processes. This part does not establish requirements for processes used to
				  treat domestic sewage or for processes used to treat sewage sludge prior to
				  final use or disposal, except as provided in section503.32 and
				  section503.33.
(b) Selection of a
				  use or disposal practice. This part does not require the selection of a sewage
				  sludge use or disposal practice. The determination of the manner in which
				  sewage sludge is used or disposed is a local determination.
(c) Co-firing of sewage sludge. This part
				  does not establish requirements for sewage sludge co-fired in an incinerator
				  with other wastes or for the incinerator in which sewage sludge and other
				  wastes are co-fired.
(1) Domestic Sludge.
				  Other wastes do not include auxiliary fuel, as defined in section503.41(b)(b),
				  fired in a domestic sewage sludge incinerator.
(2) Industrial Sludge. See R.61-9.504 for permit
				  requirements for Industrial sludges.
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 A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 61-9.503.A.7 - Requirement for a person who prepares sewage sludge

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Any person who prepares sewage sludge shall ensure that the
					 applicable requirements in this part are met when the sewage sludge is applied
					 to the land, placed on a surface disposal site, or fired in a sewage sludge
					 incinerator.
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.10 - Applicability

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(a) This part
				  applies to any person who prepares sewage sludge that is applied to the land,
				  to any person who applies sewage sludge to the land, to sewage sludge applied
				  to the land, and to the land on which sewage sludge is applied.
(b) Bulk sewage sludge.
(1) [Reserved]
(2) The Department, may apply any or all of
				  the general requirements in section503.12 and the management practices in
				  section503.14 to bulk sewage sludge meeting the pollutant concentrations in
				  section503.13(b)(3)(b)(3), the Class A pathogen requirements in
				  section503.32(a)(a), and one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in
				  section503.33(b)(1)(b)(1) through section503.33(b)(8)(b)(8), on a case-by-case
				  basis after determining that the general requirements or management practices
				  are needed to protect public health and the environment from any reasonably
				  anticipated adverse effect that may occur from any pollutant in the bulk sewage
				  sludge.
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.11 - Special definitions

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(a)
				  "Agricultural land" is land on which a food crop, a feed crop, or a fiber crop
				  is grown. This includes range land and land used as pasture.
(b) "Agronomic rate" is the whole sludge
				  application rate (dry weight basis) designed: (1) to provide the amount of
				  nitrogen needed by the food crop, feed crop, fiber crop, cover crop, or
				  vegetation grown on the land and (2) to minimize the amount of nitrogen in the
				  sewage sludge that passes below the root zone of the crop or vegetation grown
				  on the land to the ground water and (3) to provide the amount of other organic
				  and inorganic plant nutrients which promote crop or vegetative growth, such as
				  calcium-carbonate equivalency.
(c)
				  "Annual pollutant loading rate" is the maximum amount of a pollutant that can
				  be applied to a unit area of land during a 365 day period.
(d) "Annual whole sludge application rate" is
				  the maximum amount of sewage sludge (dry weight basis) that can be applied to a
				  unit area of land during a 365 day period.
(e) "Bulk sewage sludge" is sewage sludge
				  that is not sold or given away in a bag or other container for application to
				  the land.
(f) "Cumulative pollutant
				  loading rate" is the maximum amount of an inorganic pollutant that can be
				  applied to an area of land.
(g)
				  "Forest" is a tract of land thick with trees and underbrush.
(h) "Land application" is the spraying or
				  spreading of sewage sludge onto the land surface; the injection of sewage
				  sludge below the land surface; or the incorporation of sewage sludge into the
				  soil so that the sewage sludge can either condition the soil or fertilize crops
				  or vegetation grown in the soil.
(i) "Monthly average" is the arithmetic mean
				  of all measurements taken during the month.
(j) "Other container" is either an open or
				  closed receptacle. This includes, but is not limited to, a bucket, a box, a
				  carton, and a vehicle or trailer with a load capacity of one metric ton or
				  less.
(k) "Pasture" is land on
				  which animals feed directly on feed crops such as legumes, grasses, grain
				  stubble, or stover.
(l) "Public
				  contact site" is land with a high potential for contact by the public. This
				  includes, but is not limited to, public parks, ball fields, cemeteries, plant
				  nurseries, turf farms, and golf courses.
(m) "Range land" is open land with indigenous
				  vegetation.
(n) "Reclamation site"
				  is drastically disturbed land that is reclaimed using sewage sludge. This
				  includes, but is not limited to, strip mines and construction sites.
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.13 - Pollutant limits

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(a) Sewage
				  sludge.
(1) Bulk sewage sludge or sewage
				  sludge sold or given away in a bag or other container shall not be applied to
				  the land if the concentration of any pollutant in the sewage sludge exceeds the
				  ceiling concentration for the pollutant in Table 1 of section503.13.
(2) If bulk sewage sludge is applied to
				  agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site,
				  either:
(i) the cumulative loading rate for
				  each pollutant shall not exceed the cumulative pollutant loading rate for the
				  pollutant in Table 2 of section503.13; or
(ii) the concentration of each pollutant in
				  the sewage sludge shall not exceed the concentration for the pollutant in Table
				  3 of section503.13.
(3)
				  If bulk sewage sludge is applied to a lawn or a home garden, the concentration
				  of each pollutant in the sewage sludge shall not exceed the concentration for
				  the pollutant in Table 3 of section503.13.
(4) If sewage sludge is sold or given away in
				  a bag or other container for application to the land, either:
(i) the concentration of each pollutant in
				  the sewage sludge shall not exceed the concentration for the pollutant in Table
				  3 of section503.13, or
(ii) the
				  product of the concentration of each pollutant in the sewage sludge and the
				  annual whole sludge application rate for the sewage sludge shall not cause the
				  annual pollutant loading rate for the pollutant in Table 4 of section503.13 to
				  be exceeded. The procedure used to determine the annual whole sludge
				  application rate is presented in appendix A of this part.
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.14 - Management practices

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(a) Bulk
				  sewage sludge shall not be applied to the land if it is likely to adversely
				  affect a threatened or endangered species listed under section4 of the
				  Endangered Species Act or its designated critical habitat.
(b) Bulk sewage sludge shall not be applied
				  to agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site that
				  is flooded, frozen, or snow-covered so that the bulk sewage sludge enters a
				  wetland or other waters of the State, as defined in R.61-9.122.2, except as
				  provided in a permit issued pursuant to section402 or 404 of the CWA.
(c) Bulk sewage sludge shall not be applied
				  to agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site that is 10 meters or less
				  from waters of the State, as defined in R.61-9.122.2, unless otherwise
				  specified by the Department.
(d)
				  Bulk sewage sludge shall be applied to agricultural land, forest, a public
				  contact site, or a reclamation site at a whole sludge application rate that is
				  equal to or less than the agronomic rate for the bulk sewage sludge, unless, in
				  the case of a reclamation site, otherwise specified by the
				  Department.
(e) Either a label
				  shall be affixed to the bag or other container in which sewage sludge that is
				  sold or given away for application to the land, or an information sheet shall
				  be provided to the person who receives sewage sludge sold or given away in an
				  other container for application to the land. The label or information sheet
				  shall contain the following information:
(1)
				  The name and address of the person who prepared the sewage sludge that is sold
				  or given away in a bag or other container for application to the
				  land.
(2) A statement that
				  application of the sewage sludge to the land is prohibited except in accordance
				  with the instructions on the label or information sheet.
(3) The annual whole sludge application rate
				  for the sewage sludge that does not cause any of the annual pollutant loading
				  rates in Table 4 of section503.13 to be exceeded.
(4) The annual whole sludge application rate
				  for the sewage sludge that does not cause the agronomic rate for appropriate
				  crops to be exceeded (to be presented in tons/acre or other units approved by
				  the Department).
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.15 - Operational standards - pathogens and vector attraction reduction

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(a) Pathogens
				  -sewage sludge.
(1) The Class A pathogen
				  requirements in section503.32(a)(a) or the Class B pathogen requirements and
				  site restrictions in section503.32(b)(b) shall be met when bulk sewage sludge
				  is applied to agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a
				  reclamation site.
(2) The Class A
				  pathogen requirements in section503.32(a)(a) shall be met when bulk sewage
				  sludge is applied to a lawn or a home garden.
(3) The Class A pathogen requirements in
				  section503.32(a)(a) shall be met when sewage sludge is sold or given away in a
				  bag or other container for application to the land.
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.16 - Frequency of monitoring

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(a)
				  Sewage sludge.
(1) The frequency of
				  monitoring for the pollutants listed in Table 1, Table 2, Table 3 and Table 4
				  of section503.13; the pathogen density requirements in section503.32(a)(a) and
				  in section503.32(b)(2)(b)(2) and the vector attraction reduction requirements
				  in section503.33(b)(1) through (b)(4)(b)(1) through (b)(4) and
				  sections503.33(b)(7) and (b)(8)(b)(7) and (b)(8) shall be the frequency in
				  Table 1 of section503.16. Facilities which generate less than 290 metric tons
				  of sludge per year and dispose of the sludge once per year or less, may request
				  a reduction in monitoring to a frequency of once per year. The Department will
				  review these requests on a case-by-case basis.
TABLE 1 OF Section 503.16 - FREQUENCY OF
								  MONITORING - LAND APPLICATION
Amount of sewage sludge1 (metric tons per 365-day
								  period)
Frequency
Greater than zero but less than 1,500.
Once per quarter (four times per year)
Equal to or greater than 1,500 but less than
								  15,000.
Once per 60 days (six times per year)
Equal to or greater than 15,000.
Once per month (12 times per year)
1 Either the amount of bulk
					 sewage sludge applied to the land or the amount
of sewage sludge prepared for sale or give-away in a bag or
					 other container
for application to the land (dry weight basis).
(2) After the sewage sludge has
				  been monitored for two years at the frequency in Table 1 of section503.16, the
				  Department may reduce the frequency of monitoring for pollutant concentrations
				  and for the pathogen density requirements in section503.32(a)(5)(ii) and
				  (a)(5)(iii)(a)(5)(ii) and (a)(5)(iii), but in no case shall the frequency of
				  monitoring be less than once per year when sewage sludge is applied to the
				  land.
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.17 - Recordkeeping

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(a) Sewage sludge.
(1) The person who prepares the sewage sludge
				  in section503.10(b)(2)(b)(2) or in section503.10(e)(e) shall develop the
				  following information and shall retain the information for five years:
(i) The concentration of each pollutant
				  listed in Table 3 of section503.13 in the sewage sludge.
(ii) The following certification statement:
				  "I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be used to
				  determine compliance with the Class A pathogen requirements in
				  section503.32(a)(a) and the vector attraction reduction requirement in [insert
				  one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in
				  section503.33(b)(1)(b)(1) through 503.33(b)(8)] was prepared under my direction
				  and supervision in accordance with the system designed to ensure that qualified
				  personnel properly gather and evaluate this information. I am aware that there
				  are significant penalties for false certification including the possibility of
				  fine and imprisonment."
(iii) A
				  description of how the Class A pathogen requirements in section503.32(a)(a) are
				  met.
(iv) A description of how one
				  of the vector attraction reduction requirements in section503.33(b)(1)(b)(1)
				  through section503.33(b)(8)(b)(8) is met.
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.18 - Reporting

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(a) Any generator
				  of sewage sludge that is applied to the land, any person who prepares sewage
				  sludge that is applied to the land, or any person who applies sewage sludge to
				  the land, including Class I sludge management facilities, POTWs (as defined in
				  40
				  CFR 501.2 ) with a design flow rate equal to
				  or greater than one million gallons per day, and POTWs that serve 10,000 people
				  or more shall submit a report on February 19 of each year. As of December 21,
				  2020, all reports submitted in compliance with this section must be submitted
				  electronically in compliance with this section and 40 CFR Part 3 (including, in
				  all cases, subpart D to Part 3),
				  40
				  CFR 122.22, and 40 CFR Part 127. Part 127 is
				  not intended to undo existing requirements for electronic reporting. Prior to
				  the start dates for electronic reporting (see Table 1 in
				  40
				  CFR 127.16 ), the Department may also require
				  operators to electronically submit annual reports under this section if
				  required to do so by State law.
(1) The
				  information in section 503.17(a), except the information in
				  section503.17(a)(3)(ii), section 503.17(a)(4)(ii) and in section
				  503.17(a)(5)(ii), for the appropriate requirements on or before February 19 of
				  each year, for the period of January 1 through December 31 of the previous
				  calendar year.
(2) The information
				  in section 503.17(a)(5)(ii)(A) through (a)(5)(ii)(G) on or before February 19th
				  of each year, for the period of January 1 through December 31 of the previous
				  calendar year when 90 percent or more of any of the cumulative pollutant
				  loading rates in Table 2 of section 503.13 is reached at a land application
				  site.
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 C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 61-9.503.C.20 - Applicability

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(a) This part
				  applies to any person who prepares sewage sludge that is placed on a surface
				  disposal site, to the owner/operator of a surface disposal site, to sewage
				  sludge placed on a surface disposal site, and to a surface disposal
				  site.
(b) This part does not apply
				  to sewage sludge stored on the land or to the land on which sewage sludge is
				  stored. It also does not apply to sewage sludge that remains on the land for
				  longer than two years when the person who prepares the sewage sludge
				  demonstrates that the land on which the sewage sludge remains is not an active
				  sewage sludge unit. The demonstration shall include the following information,
				  which shall be retained by the person who prepares the sewage sludge for the
				  period that the sewage sludge remains on the land:
(1) The name and address of the person who
				  prepares the sewage sludge.
(2) The
				  name and address of the person who either owns the land or leases the
				  land.
(3) The location, by either
				  street address or latitude and longitude, of the land.
(4) An explanation of why sewage sludge needs
				  to remain on the land for longer than two years prior to final use or
				  disposal.
(5) The approximate time
				  period when the sewage sludge will be used or disposed.
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 C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 61-9.503.C.22 - General requirements

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(a) No
				  person shall place sewage sludge on an active sewage sludge unit unless the
				  requirements in this part are met.
(1) The
				  following activities or conditions constitute surface disposal (unless the
				  Department has issued a permit for the specific activity):
(i) Storage of sewage sludge, excluding
				  sludge treatment, for more than two (2) years constitutes surface
				  disposal.
(ii) The design storage
				  capacity of sewage sludge will not be permitted to exceed two (2) years at the
				  treatment plant design conditions, or
(iii) Accumulation of sewage sludge in a
				  wastewater treatment unit to greater than fifty (50) percent of the capacity of
				  the unit or to an average depth of greater than design depth constitutes
				  surface disposal of sludge under this regulation, or
(iv) Storage of sewage sludge that adversely
				  impacts the overall facility operation and maintenance or results in an
				  excessive sludge inventory, may result in a facility being identified as a
				  surface disposal site.
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 C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 61-9.503.C.23 - Pollutant limits (other than domestic septage)

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(a) Active sewage sludge unit without a liner
				  and leachate collection system
(1) Except as
				  provided in section 503.503.23(a)(2)3(a)(2) and section503.23(b)(b), the
				  concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 1 of section503.23 in sewage
				  sludge placed on an active sewage sludge unit shall not exceed the
				  concentration for the pollutant in Table 1 of section503.23(a)(2).
TABLE 1 OF Section503.23 - POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS -
					 ACTIVE SEWAGE SLUDGE UNIT WITHOUT A LINER AND LEACHATE COLLECTION
Pollutant
Concentration (milligrams per kilograms) Dry
								  weight basis
Arsenic
73
Chromium
600
Nickel
420
(2) Except as provided in
				  section503.23(b)(b), the concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 1 of
				  section503.23 in sewage sludge placed on an active sewage sludge unit whose
				  boundary is less than 150 meters from the property line of the surface disposal
				  site shall not exceed the concentration determined using the following
				  procedure.
(i) The actual distance from the
				  active sewage sludge unit boundary to the property line of the surface disposal
				  site shall be determined.
(ii) The
				  concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 2 of section503.23 in the
				  sewage sludge shall not exceed the concentration in Table 2 of section503.23
				  that corresponds to the actual distance in section503.23(a)(2)(i)(a)(2)(i).
TABLE 2 OF Section503.23 - POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS -
					 ACTIVE SEWAGE SLUDGE UNIT WITHOUT A LINER AND LEACHATE COLLECTION SYSTEM THAT
					 HAS A UNIT BOUNDARY TO PROPERTY LINE DISTANCE LESS THAN 150 METERS
Pollutant concentration (Dry weight Basis)
Unit boundary to property
Arsenic
Chromium
Nickel
line distance. (meters)
(mg/kg)
(mg/kg)
(mg/kg)
0 to less than 25
30
200
210
25 to less than 50
34
220
240
50 to less than 75
39
260
270
75 to less than 100
46
300
320
100 to less than 125
53
360
390
125 to less than 150
62
450
420
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 C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 61-9.503.C.24 - Management practices

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(a)
				  Sewage sludge shall not be placed on an active sewage sludge unit if it is
				  likely to adversely affect a threatened or endangered species listed under
				  section4 of the Endangered Species Act or its designated critical
				  habitat.
(b) An active sewage
				  sludge unit shall not restrict the flow of a base flood.
(c) When a surface disposal site is located
				  in a seismic impact zone, an active sewage sludge unit shall be designed to
				  withstand the maximum recorded horizontal ground level acceleration.
(d) An active sewage sludge unit shall be
				  located 60 meters or more from a fault that has displacement in Holocene time,
				  unless otherwise specified by the Department.
(e) An active sewage sludge unit shall not be
				  located in an unstable area.
(f) An
				  active sewage sludge unit shall not be located in a wetland, except as provided
				  in a permit issued pursuant to section402 or 404 of the CWA.
(g)
(1)
				  Run-off from an active sewage sludge unit shall be collected and shall be
				  disposed in accordance with National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
				  permit requirements (see R.61-9.122 and 124) and any
				  other applicable requirements.
(2)
				  The run-off collection system for an active sewage sludge unit shall have the
				  capacity to handle run-off from a 24-hour, 25-year storm event.
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(a) Pathogens
				  -sewage sludge (other than domestic septage). The Class A pathogens
				  requirements in section503.32(a)(a) or one of the Class B pathogen requirements
				  in section503.32(b)(2)(b)(2) through section503.32(b)(4)(b)(4) shall be met
				  when sewage sludge is placed on an active sewage sludge unit, unless the vector
				  attraction reduction requirement in section503.33(b)(11)(b)(11) is
				  met.
(b) Vector attraction
				  reduction -sewage sludge (other than domestic septage). One of the vector
				  attraction reduction requirements in section503.33(b)(1)(b)(1) through
				  section503.33(b)(11)(b)(11) shall be met when sewage sludge is placed on an
				  active sewage sludge unit.
(c)
				  Vector attraction reduction -domestic septage. One of the vector attraction
				  reduction requirement in section503.33(b)(9)(b)(9) through
				  section503.33(b)(12)(b)(12) shall be met when domestic septage is placed on an
				  active sewage sludge unit.
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(a)
				  Sewage sludge (other than domestic septage).
(1) The frequency of monitoring for the
				  pollutants in Tables 1 and 2 of section503.23; the pathogen density
				  requirements in section503.32(a)(a) and in section503.32(b)(2)(b)(2); and the
				  vector attraction reduction requirements in section503.33(b)(1) through
				  (b)(4)(b)(1) through (b)(4) and section503.33(b)(7) and (b)(8)(b)(7) and (b)(8)
				  for sewage sludge placed on an active sewage sludge unit shall be the frequency
				  in Table 1 of section503.26. Facilities which generate less than 290 metric
				  tons of sludge per year and dispose of the sludge once a year or less, may
				  request a reduction in monitoring to a frequency of once per year. The
				  department will review these requests on a case-by-case basis.
TABLE 1 OF Section 503.26 - FREQUENCY OF
								  MONITORING - SURFACE DISPOSAL
Amount of sewage sludge1 (metric tons per 365 day
								  period)
Frequency
Greater than zero but less than 1,500.
Once per quarter (four times per year)
Equal to or greater than 1,500 but less than
								  15,000.
Once per 60 days (six times per year)
Equal to or greater than 15,000.
Once per month (12 times per year)
1 Amount of sewage sludge placed
					 on an active sewage sludge unit (dry weight basis).
(2) After the sewage sludge has been
				  monitored for two years at the frequency in Table 1 of this section, the
				  Department may reduce the frequency of monitoring for pollutant concentrations
				  and for the pathogen density requirements in section503.32(a)(5)(ii) and
				  (a)(5)(iii)(a)(5)(ii) and (a)(5)(iii), but in no case shall the frequency of
				  monitoring be less than once per year when sewage sludge is placed on an active
				  sewage sludge unit.
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(a) When sewage
				  sludge (other than domestic septage) is placed on an active sewage sludge unit:
(1) The person who prepares the sewage sludge
				  shall develop the following information and shall retain the information for
				  five years.
(i) The concentration of each
				  pollutant listed in Table 1 of section503.23 in the sewage sludge when the
				  pollutant concentrations in Table 1 of section503.23 are met.
(ii) The following certification statement:
				  "I certify, under penalty of law, that the information that will be used to
				  determine compliance with the pathogen requirements in [insert
				  section503.32(a)(a), section503.32(b)(2)(b)(2), section503.32(b)(3)(b)(3), or
				  section503.32(b)(4)(b)(4), when one of those requirements is met] and the
				  vector attraction reduction requirements in [insert one of the vector
				  attraction reduction requirements in section503.33(b)(1) through (b)(8)(b)(1)
				  through (b)(8), if one of those requirements is met] was prepared under my
				  direction and supervision in accordance with the system designed to ensure that
				  qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate this information. I am aware
				  that there are significant penalties for false certification including the
				  possibility of fine and imprisonment."
(iii) A description of how the pathogen
				  requirements in section503.32(a)(a), section503.32(b)(2)(b)(2),
				  section503.32(b)(3)(b)(3), or section503.32(b)(4)(b)(4) are met when one of
				  those requirements is met.
(iv) A
				  description of how one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in
				  section503.33(b)(1)(b)(1) through section503.33(b)(8)(b)(8) is met when one of
				  those requirements is met.
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(a) Any generator
				  of sewage sludge disposed of at a surface disposal site, any person who
				  prepares sewage sludge that is disposed of at a surface disposal site, or any
				  person who disposes of sewage sludge at a surface disposal site, including
				  Class I sludge management facilities, POTWs (as defined in
				  40
				  CFR 501.2 ) with a design flow rate equal to
				  or greater than one million gallons per day, and POTWs that serve 10,000 people
				  or more shall submit a report with the information in section 503.27(a) to the
				  Department on or before February 19 of each year, for the period of January 1
				  through December 31 of the previous calendar year. As of December 21, 2020, all
				  reports submitted in compliance with this section must be submitted
				  electronically in compliance with this section and 40 CFR Part 3 (including, in
				  all cases, subpart D to Part 3),
				  40
				  CFR 122.22, and 40 CFR Part 127. Part 127 is
				  not intended to undo existing requirements for electronic reporting. Prior to
				  the start dates for electronic reporting (see Table 1 in
				  40
				  CFR 127.16 ), the Department may also require
				  operators to electronically submit annual reports under this section if
				  required to do so by State law.
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(a) This part
				  contains the requirements for a sewage sludge to be classified either Class A
				  or Class B with respect to pathogens.
(b) This part contains the site restrictions
				  for land on which a Class B sewage sludge is applied.
(c) This part contains the pathogen
				  requirements for domestic septage applied to agricultural land, forest, or a
				  reclamation site.
(d) This part
				  contains alternative vector attraction reduction requirements for sewage sludge
				  that is applied to the land or placed on a surface disposal site.
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 D - PATHOGENS AND VECTOR ATTRACTION REDUCTION › Section 61-9.503.D.31 - Special definitions

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(a)
				  "Aerobic digestion" is the biochemical decomposition of organic matter in
				  sewage sludge into carbon dioxide and water by microorganisms in the presence
				  of air.
(b) "Anaerobic digestion"
				  is the biochemical decomposition of organic matter in sewage sludge into
				  methane gas and carbon dioxide by microorganisms in the absence of
				  air.
(c) "Density of
				  microorganisms" is the number of microorganisms per unit mass of total solids
				  (dry weight) in the sewage sludge.
(d) "Land with a high potential for public
				  exposure" is land that the public uses frequently. This includes, but is not
				  limited to, a public contact site and a reclamation site located in a populated
				  area (e.g., a construction site located in a city).
(e) "Land with a low potential for public
				  exposure" is land that the public uses infrequently. This includes, but is not
				  limited to, agricultural land, forest, and a reclamation site located in an
				  unpopulated area (e.g., a strip mine located in a rural area).
(f) "Pathogenic organisms" are
				  disease-causing organisms. These include, but are not limited to, certain
				  bacteria, protozoa, viruses, and viable helminth ova.
(g) "pH" means the logarithm of the
				  reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration measured at twenty-five degrees
				  Centigrade or measured at another temperature and then converted to an
				  equivalent value at twenty-five degrees Centigrade.
(h) "Specific oxygen uptake rate (SOUR)" is
				  the mass of oxygen consumed per unit time per unit mass of total solids (dry
				  weight basis) in the sewage sludge.
(i) "Total solids" are the materials in
				  sewage sludge that remain as residue when the sewage sludge is dried at 103 to
				  105 degrees Celsius.
(j)
				  "Unstabilized solids" are organic materials in sewage sludge that have not been
				  treated in either an aerobic or anaerobic treatment process to include extended
				  aeration, activated sludge or other treatment processes approved by the
				  Department.
(k) "Vector attraction"
				  is the characteristic of sewage sludge that attracts rodents, flies, mosquitos,
				  or other organisms capable of transporting infectious agents.
(l) "Volatile solids" is the amount of the
				  total solids in sewage sludge lost when the sewage sludge is combusted at 550
				  degrees Celsius in the presence of excess air.
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(a)
(1) One
				  of the vector attraction reduction requirements in section503.33(b)(1)(b)(1)
				  through section503.33(b)(10)(b)(10) shall be met when bulk sewage sludge is
				  applied to agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation
				  site.
(2) One of the vector
				  attraction reduction requirements in section503.33(b)(1)(b)(1) through
				  section503.33(b)(8)(b)(8) shall be met when bulk sewage sludge is applied to a
				  lawn or a home garden.
(3) One of
				  the vector attraction reduction requirements in section503.33(b)(1)(b)(1)
				  through section503.33(b)(8)(b)(8) shall be met when sewage sludge is sold or
				  given away in a bag or other container for application to the land.
(4) One of the vector attraction reduction
				  requirements in section503.33(b)(1)(b)(1) through section503.33(b)(11)(b)(11)
				  shall be met when sewage sludge (other than domestic septage) is placed on an
				  active sewage sludge unit.
(5) One
				  of the vector attraction reduction requirements in section503.33(b)(9)(b)(9),
				  section503.33(b)(10)(b)(10), or section503.33(b)(12)(b)(12) shall be met when
				  domestic septage is applied to agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site
				  and one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in
				  section503.33(b)(9)(b)(9) through section503.33(b)(12)(b)(12) shall be met when
				  domestic septage is placed on an active sewage sludge unit.
(6) [Reserved]
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(a) This part
				  applies to a person who fires sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator, to
				  a sewage sludge incinerator, and to sewage sludge fired in a sewage sludge
				  incinerator.
(b) This part applies
				  to the exit gas from a sewage sludge incinerator stack.
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 E - INCINERATION › Section 61-9.503.E.42 - General Requirements

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No person shall fire sewage sludge in a sewage sludge
					 incinerator except in compliance with the requirements in this
					 part.
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(a) Firing of
				  sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator shall not violate the requirements
				  in the National Emission Standard for Beryllium in subpart C of 40 CFR Part
				  61.
(b) Firing of sewage sludge in
				  a sewage sludge incinerator shall not violate the requirements in the National
				  Emission Standard for Mercury in subpart E of 40 CFR Part 61.
(c) Pollutant limit -lead.
(1) The average daily concentration for lead
				  in sewage sludge fed to a sewage sludge incinerator shall not exceed the
				  concentration calculated using Equation (4).
C = 0.1 x NAAQS x 86,400 (Equation 4)
--------------------
DF x (1 - CE) x SF
Where:
C = Average daily concentration of lead in sewage
					 sludge.
NAAQS = National Ambient Air Quality Standard for lead in
					 micrograms per cubic meter.
DF = Dispersion factor in micrograms per cubic meter per
					 gram per second.
CE = Sewage sludge incinerator control efficiency for lead
					 in hundredths.
SF = Sewage sludge feed rate in metric tons per day (dry
					 weight basis).
(2) The
				  dispersion factor (DF) in equation (4) shall be determined from an air
				  dispersion model in accordance with section503.43(e)(e).
(i) When the sewage sludge stack height is 65
				  meters or less, the actual sewage sludge incinerator stack height shall be used
				  in the air dispersion model to determine the dispersion factor (DF) for
				  equation (4).
(ii) When the sewage
				  sludge incinerator stack height exceeds 65 meters, the creditable stack height
				  shall be determined in accordance with
				  40
				  CFR 51.100(ii) and the
				  creditable stack height shall be used in the air dispersion model to determine
				  the dispersion factor (DF) for equation (4).
(3) The control efficiency (CE) for equation
				  (4) shall be determined from a performance test of the sewage sludge
				  incinerator, in accordance with section503.43(e)(e).
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 E - INCINERATION › Section 61-9.503.E.44 - Operational standard - total hydrocarbons

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(a) The total hydrocarbons concentration in
				  the exit gas from a sewage sludge incinerator shall be corrected for zero
				  percent moisture by multiplying the measured total hydrocarbons concentration
				  by the correction factor calculated using equation (7).
Correction factor (percent moisture) = 1 (Equation
					 7)
-------
(1 - X)
Where:
X= decimal fraction of the percent moisture in the sewage
					 sludge incinerator exit gas in hundredths.
(b) The total hydrocarbons concentration in
				  the exit gas from a sewage sludge incinerator shall be corrected to seven
				  percent oxygen by multiplying the measured total hydrocarbons concentration by
				  the correction factor calculated using equation (8).
Correction factor (oxygen) = 14 (Equation 8)
--------
(21 - Y)
Where:
Y= Percent oxygen concentration in the sewage sludge
					 incinerator stack exit gas(dry volume/dry volume).
(c) The monthly average concentration for
				  total hydrocarbons in the exit gas from a sewage sludge incinerator stack,
				  corrected for zero percent moisture using the correction factor from equation
				  (7) and to seven percent oxygen using the correction factor from equation (8),
				  shall not exceed 100 parts per million on a volumetric basis when measured
				  using the instrument required by section503.45(a)(a).
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(a)
(1) An instrument that continuously measures
				  and records the total hydrocarbons concentration in the sewage sludge
				  incinerator stack exit gas shall be installed, calibrated, operated, and
				  maintained for a sewage sludge incinerator.
(2) The total hydrocarbons instrument shall
				  employ a flame ionization detector; shall have a heated sampling line
				  maintained at a temperature of 150 degrees Celsius or higher at all times; and
				  shall be calibrated at least once every 24-hour operating period using
				  propane.