Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 31 - VIRGINIA POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (VPDES) PERMIT REGULATION › Part VI - Standards for the Use of Biosolids or Disposal of Sewage Sludge › Article 1 - General Requirements › Section 9VAC25-31-470 - Exclusions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
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
					 9VAC25-31-710 and
					 9VAC25-31-720.
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. Incineration of sewage sludge. This part
					 does not establish requirements for sewage sludge fired in a sewage sludge
					 incinerator or co-fired in an incinerator with other wastes or for the
					 incinerator in which sewage sludge and other wastes are co-fired.
D. Sludge generated at an industrial
					 facility. This part does not establish requirements for the use or disposal of
					 sludge generated at an industrial facility during the treatment of industrial
					 wastewater, including sewage sludge generated during the treatment of
					 industrial wastewater combined with domestic sewage.
E. Hazardous sewage sludge. This part does
					 not establish requirements for the use or disposal of sewage sludge determined
					 to be hazardous in accordance with 40 CFR Part 261 or the Code of
					 Virginia.
F. Sewage sludge with
					 high PCB concentration. This part does not establish requirements for the use
					 or disposal of sewage sludge with a concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls
					 (PCBs) equal to or greater than 50 milligrams per kilogram of total solids (dry
					 weight basis).
G. Incinerator ash.
					 This part does not establish requirements for the use or disposal of ash
					 generated during the firing of sewage sludge in a sewage sludge
					 incinerator.
H. Grit and
					 screenings. This part does not establish requirements for the use or disposal
					 of grit (e.g., sand, gravel, cinders, or other materials with a high specific
					 gravity) or screenings (e.g., relatively large materials such as rags)
					 generated during preliminary treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment
					 works.
I. Drinking water treatment
					 sludge. This part does not establish requirements for the use or disposal of
					 sludge generated during the treatment of either surface water or ground water
					 used for drinking water.
J.
					 Commercial and industrial septage. This part does not establish requirements
					 for the use or disposal of commercial septage, industrial septage, a mixture of
					 domestic septage and commercial septage, or a mixture of domestic septage and
					 industrial septage.
Statutory Authority
§ 62.1-44.15 of the Code of Virginia; § 402
						  of the federal Clean Water Act; 40 CFR Parts 122, 123, 124, 403, and 503.