Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 25 - STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD › Chapter 32 - VIRGINIA POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (VPDES) PERMIT REGULATION › Part IX - Biosolids Program › Article 1 - Procedures and Requirements › Section 9VAC25-32-313 - General requirements

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. No
					 person shall apply biosolids to the land except in accordance with the
					 requirements in this article.
B. No
					 person shall apply bulk biosolids to the land if it is likely to adversely
					 affect a threatened or endangered species listed in
					 9VAC25-260-320 or § 4 of the
					 Endangered Species Act ( 16 USC § 1533 ) or if the land application is
					 likely to adversely affect its designated critical habitat.
C. No person shall apply bulk biosolids
					 subject to the cumulative pollutant loading rates in
					 9VAC25-32-356 Table 3 to
					 agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site if any
					 of the cumulative pollutant loading rates in
					 9VAC25-32-356 Table 3 has been
					 reached.
D. 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
					 9VAC25-32-356 D has been reached
					 during that period.
E. The person
					 who prepares bulk biosolids that is applied to agricultural land, forest, a
					 public contact site, or a reclamation site shall provide the person who applies
					 the bulk biosolids written notification of the concentration of total nitrogen
					 and phosphorus (as N and P on a dry weight basis) in the bulk
					 biosolids.
F. Before bulk biosolids
					 subject to the cumulative pollutant loading rates in
					 9VAC25-32-356 Table 3 is applied to
					 the land, the person who proposes to apply the bulk biosolids shall contact the
					 department to determine whether bulk biosolids subject to the cumulative
					 pollutant loading rates in
					 9VAC25-32-356 Table 3 has been
					 applied to the site since July 20, 1993.
1. If
					 bulk biosolids subject to the cumulative pollutant loading rates in
					 9VAC25-32-356 Table 3 has not been
					 applied to the site since July 20, 1993, the cumulative amount of each
					 pollutant listed in
					 9VAC25-32-356 Table 3 may be
					 applied to the site in accordance with
					 9VAC25-32-356 B 2 a.
2. If bulk biosolids subject to the
					 cumulative pollutant loading rates in
					 9VAC25-32-356 Table 3 has been
					 applied to the site since July 20, 1993, and the cumulative amount of each
					 pollutant applied to the site in the bulk biosolids since that date 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
					 9VAC25-32-356 B 2 a.
3. If bulk biosolids subject to the
					 cumulative pollutant loading rates in
					 9VAC25-32-356 Table 3 has been
					 applied to the site since July 20, 1993, and the cumulative amount of each
					 pollutant applied to the site in the bulk biosolids since that date is not
					 known, an additional amount of each pollutant shall not be applied to the site
					 in accordance with
					 9VAC25-32-356 B 2 a.