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 2 - Biosolids Applied to the Land › Section 9VAC25-31-530 - 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 subject to the cumulative pollutant loading
					 rates in 9VAC25-31-540 B 2 to agricultural
					 land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site if any of the
					 cumulative pollutant loading rates in
					 9VAC25-31-540 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
					 9VAC25-31-540 C has been reached
					 during that period.
D. 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
					 (as N on a dry weight basis) in the bulk biosolids.
E. Application of biosolids to the land.
1. The person who applies biosolids to the
					 land shall obtain information needed to comply with the requirements in this
					 subpart.
2. Before bulk biosolids
					 subject to the cumulative pollutant loading rates in
					 9VAC25-31-540 B 2 is applied to the
					 land;
a. 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
					 9VAC25-31-540 B 2 has been applied
					 to the site since July 20, 1993.
b.
					 If bulk biosolids subject to the cumulative pollutant loading rates in
					 9VAC25-31-540 B 2 has not been
					 applied to the site since July 20, 1993, the cumulative amount for each
					 pollutant listed in Table 2 of
					 9VAC25-31-540 may be applied to the
					 site in accordance with
					 9VAC25-31-540 A 2 a.
c. If bulk biosolids subject to the
					 cumulative pollutant loading rates in
					 9VAC25-31-540 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 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
					 9VAC25-31-540 A 2 a.
d. If bulk biosolids subject to the
					 cumulative pollutant loading rates in
					 9VAC25-31-540 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 biosolids since that date is not known, an
					 additional amount of each pollutant shall not be applied to the site in
					 accordance with
					 9VAC25-31-540 A 2 a.