Pennsylvania Code › Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Part I - Department of Environmental Protection › Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety › Article VIII - Municipal Waste › Chapter 271 - MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter J - BENEFICIAL USE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE BY LAND APPLICATION › OPERATING REQUIREMENTS › Section 271.913 - General requirements

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) A
						  person may not apply sewage sludge to the land except in accordance with this
						  subchapter.
(b) A person may not
						  apply sewage sludge subject to the cumulative pollutant loading rates in §
													271.914(b)(2)
						  (relating to pollutant limits) to agricultural land, forest, a public contact
						  site or a reclamation site if any of the cumulative pollutant loading rates in
						  §
													271.914(b)(2)
						  have been reached.
(c) A person may
						  not apply residential septage to agricultural land, forest or a reclamation
						  site during a 365-day period if the annual application rate in §
						  271.914(c) has been reached during that period.
(d) A person may not apply sewage sludge to a
						  reclamation site unless the reclamation activity is permitted or otherwise
						  approved by the Department.
(e) A
						  person who operates under a land application of sewage sludge permit issued
						  under this subchapter shall obtain written consent of the owner of the land
						  upon which the sewage sludge will be land applied, on a form prepared by the
						  Department, prior to land applying the sewage sludge.
(f) A person who operates under a land
						  application of sewage sludge permit issued under this subchapter shall, at
						  least 7 days prior to land applying sewage sludge for the first time at a
						  location, provide the occupant of the land with a user instruction sheet
						  prepared by the person operating under the permit that describes the acceptable
						  uses and limitations of the sewage sludge.
(g) Notification requirements are as follows:
(1) A person who prepares sewage sludge that
						  is land applied at a location and a person who land applies residential septage
						  at a location for agricultural, forest or land reclamation purposes shall send
						  or otherwise provide written notification to the adjacent landowner, the county
						  conservation district and the Department at least 30 days prior to the first
						  application of the sewage sludge at that location. The notification shall:
(i) Include a brief description of the
						  operation, any site restrictions, the name of the person land applying the
						  sewage sludge and the applicable permit number.
(ii) Be sent by personal delivery or first
						  class mail and, for an adjacent landowner, shall also be given by posting at
						  the property line in a manner sufficient to notify the adjacent landowner of
						  the items in subparagraph (i).
(iii) For the county conservation district
						  and the Department, include the location of the fields on a United States
						  Geological Survey map and on a Natural Resources Conservation Service Soils
						  Map.
(iv) For the Department, be
						  sent to the Department's regional office that has jurisdiction for the location
						  where the sewage sludge will be applied.