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Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 13 - CLASS I HW & NON-HW WELLS UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM › Section 13-19 - Public information, public participation, public hearing

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Public notice is not required for minor
				modifications or for a permit denial where the application is determined
				incomplete or deficient in accordance with Section
				6. unless the permittee or applicant
				requests a hearing before the council pursuant to this section.
(b) The administrator shall give public
				notice for any of the following actions:
(i)
				The administrator has prepared a draft permit which is intended for issuance,
				denial or reissuance;
(ii) The
				administrator intends to modify a permit;
(iii) The administrator intends to revoke or
				terminate a permit; and
(iv) Any
				hearing held as a result of a request for hearing on above actions or
				department actions appealable to the council.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 13 - CLASS I HW & NON-HW WELLS UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM › Section 13-20 - Class I permits issued before the effective date of these regulations

Current through July 13, 2024
Any class I well permitted before the effective date of
				  these regulations shall be reviewed pursuant to Section
				  9(b) and
				  (c).
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 13 - CLASS I HW & NON-HW WELLS UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM › Appendix A

Current through July 13, 2024
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE
PARAMETER CONCENTRATION
ACETONE .05 MG/L
N-BUTYL ALCOHOL 5.00 MG/L
CARBON DISULFIDE 1.05 MG/L
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE .05 MG/L
CHLOROBENZENE .05 MG/L
CRESOLS AND CRESYLIC ACID .75 MG/L
CYCLOHEXANONE .125 MG/L
1,2-DICHLOROBENZENE .65 MG/L
ETHYL ACETATE .05 MG/L
ETHYL BENZENE .05 MG/L
ETHYL ETHER .05 MG/L
ISOBUTANOL 5.00 MG/L
METHANOL .25 MG/L
METHYLENE CHLORIDE .20 MG/L
METHYL ETHYL KETONE .05 MG/L
METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE .05 MG/L
NITROBENZENE .66 MG/L
PYRIDINE .33 MG/L
TETRACHLOROETHYLENE .05 MG/L
TOLUENE .33 MG/L
1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE .41 MG/L
1,2,2-TRICHLORO-1,2,2 TRIFLUOROETHANE .96 MG/L
TRICHLOROETHYLENE .062 MG/L
TRICHLOROFLUOROMETHANE .05 MG/L
XYLENE .05 MG/L
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENOLS 500.00 MG/L
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 13 - CLASS I HW & NON-HW WELLS UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL PROGRAM › Appendix B

Current through July 13, 2024
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE
PARAMETER CONCENTRATION
HXCDD- ALL HEXACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXINS 1 PPB
HXCDF- ALL HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURANS 1 PPB
PECDD- ALL PENTACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXINS 1 PPB
PECDF- ALL PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURANS 1 PPB
TCDD- ALL TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXINS 1 PPB
TCDF- ALL TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURANS 1 PPB
2.4.5 TRICHLOROPHENOL 50 PPB
2.4.6 TRICHLOROPHENOL 50 PPB
2,3,4,6 TETRACHLOROPHENOL 100 PPB
PENTACHLOROPHENOL 10 PPB
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CHAPTER XIII (Final)
30505.DOC
Revised February 3, 1993
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 14 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 14-1 - In General

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) This Chapter is
				promulgated pursuant to the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act, Wyoming Statutes
				(W.S.) §
									
										35-11-101
				through §
									
										35-11-2005,
				specifically § 306 and § 307.
(b) This Chapter governs all commercial oil
				field waste disposal facilities that are required to demonstrate financial
				assurance under W.S. §
									
										35-11-306(c) and all
				commercial waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities used for the
				management of more than ten (10) tons of dried wastewater treatment sludges or
				the equivalent per operating day that are required to demonstrate financial
				assurance under W.S. §
									
										35-11-307(a). This chapter
				does not apply to publicly owned facilities or facilities that receive
				non-domestic sludges.
(c) The
				following definitions supplement those contained in W. S. §
									
										35-11-103
				of the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act:
(i)
				"Closure" means the process of securing and stabilizing a regulated facility
				pursuant to the requirements of this Chapter and a closure plan approved by the
				Department.
(ii) "Corrective
				action" means all actions necessary to remedy, abate, and eliminate the public
				health threat, environmental threat, and damages from a release to the
				environment of pollutants from a regulated facility or from any violation of a
				permit, standard, rule, or other requirement established under the Wyoming
				Environmental Quality Act
(iii)
				"Monitoring" means all procedures and techniques used to systematically
				collect, analyze and inspect data on operational parameters of the facility or
				on the quality of the air, groundwater, surface water, and soil.
(iv) "Operator" means a person who owns or
				operates a regulated facility or a person who holds a permit to construct,
				install, modify, or operate a regulated facility.
(v) "Regulated facility" means a commercial
				sludge facility or a commercial oil field waste disposal facility as specified
				in Section l(b) of this chapter.
(vi) "Release" includes, but is not limited
				to, any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emptying, emitting, discharging,
				dumping, addition, escaping, leaching, or unauthorized disposal of any
				pollutant that enters, or threatens to enter, the air, land or waters of the
				State.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 14 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 14-2 - Requirements to Demonstrate Financial Assurance

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All regulated
				facilities shall provide financial assurance for closure, post-closure, and
				corrective action in compliance with this Chapter.
(b) No new permit shall be issued for any
				regulated facility unless the applicant provides financial assurance that
				ensures there are adequate sources of funds to provide for closure,
				post-closure, and corrective action.
(i) The
				Department may deny a permit application if the documentation or proposed forms
				of financial assurance do not ensure that adequate funds will be available to
				provide for closure, post-closure, and corrective action.
(ii) A permit may be transferred to a new
				permittee only if the new permittee demonstrates compliance with the financial
				assurance requirements of this Chapter. Construction permit ownership will be
				transferred in accordance with Water Quality Rules and Regulations, Chapter 3,
				Section 12.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 14 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 14-3 - Closure and Post-Closure Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) At least one
				hundred eighty (180) days prior to the anticipated date for initiation of
				closure of a regulated facility, the operator shall:
(i) Notify the Department in writing of the
				operator's intention to close a regulated facility;
(ii) Notify the governing body of each
				locality and adjacent property owners by certified or registered mail of the
				operator's intention to close a regulated facility;
(iii) Post at least one (1) sign at the
				regulated facility notifying all persons of the anticipated closing and
				prohibition against further receipt of waste materials; and
(iv) Install barriers at all access points to
				prevent new waste from being deposited.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 14 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 14-4 - Corrective Action Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Department
				shall notify the operator of the need to take corrective action to remedy a
				violation of a permit condition, standard, rule or requirement relating to a
				regulated facility. The notification shall describe the nature of the
				violation.
(i) If deemed necessary by the
				Department, the operator will be required to close the facility and cease
				further receipt of waste materials.
(ii) If the facility is closed, the operator
				shall post one (1) sign notifying all persons of the closing and prohibition
				against further receipt of waste materials. Further, suitable barriers shall be
				installed at former accesses to prevent new waste from being
				deposited.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 14 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 14-5 - Establishment of Financial Assurance Requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) The Department
				shall establish the amount of financial assurance required for regulated
				facilities based on the plans and cost estimates for closure, post-closure, and
				corrective action. Upon receipt of a cost estimate, the Department shall
				determine whether the cost estimate meets the requirements of this Chapter and
				notify the operator in writing of its determination.
(b) If the Department determines that a cost
				estimate meets the requirements of this Chapter:
(i) The Department shall establish the amount
				of financial assurance required and notify the operator in writing of the
				amount established; and
(ii) The
				operator shall submit documentation of financial assurance in an amount at
				least equal to the Department's established financial assurance amount within
				thirty (30) days of the Department's establishment of the financial assurance
				amount.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 14 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 14-6 - Forms of Financial Assurance

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) An operator of
				a regulated facility shall provide financial assurance in an amount at least
				equal to the established financial assurance amount for closure, post-closure,
				and corrective action in one (1) or a combination of the following:
(i) Surety bond;
(ii) Federally insured certificates of
				deposit;
(iii) Government-backed
				securities;
(iv) Cash.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 14 - FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS › Section 14-7 - Bond or other Forms of Financial Assurance Forfeiture

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Bond or other financial assurance
				forfeiture proceedings shall occur only after the department provides notice to
				the operator and any surety in accordance with
				W.S.
				35-11-421 that a violation exists and the
				council has approved the request of the director to begin forfeiture
				proceedings.
(b) With the approval
				of the council the director may:
(i) Expend
				forfeited funds to remedy and abate the circum stances with respect to which
				any financial assurance was provided; and
(ii) Expend funds from the trust and agency
				account under W.S. W.S.
				W.S.
				35-11-307 or W.S. W.S.
				W.S.
				35-11-306(d) to remedy and
				abate any immediate danger to human health, safety and welfare.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1 - Authority and Purpose

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) This chapter is
				  promulgated pursuant to the Environmental Quality Act. Specifically,
				  W.S.
				  35-11-302(a) (iii) requires
				  the administrator to establish standards for the issuance of permits for
				  disposal systems or other facilities capable of causing or contributing to
				  pollution.
(b) This chapter
				  contains the minimum standards for the use or surface disposal of
				  biosolids.
(c) This chapter
				  establishes standards, which consist of general requirements, pollutant limits,
				  management practices, and operational standards, for the final use or surface
				  disposal of biosolids generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a
				  treatment works. Standards are included in this part for biosolids applied to
				  the land or placed on a surface disposal site. Also included in this chapter
				  are pathogen and alternative vector attraction reduction requirements for
				  biosolids applied to the land or placed on a surface disposal site.
(d) In addition, the standards in this
				  chapter include the frequency of monitoring, record keeping and reporting
				  requirements when biosolids are applied to the land or placed on a surface
				  disposal site.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 2 - Applicability

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) This chapter applies to any person who
				  prepares biosolids or applies biosolids to the land and to the owner/operator
				  of a surface disposal site.
(b)
				  This chapter applies to biosolids applied to the land or placed on a surface
				  disposal site.
(c) This chapter
				  applies to land where biosolids are applied and to surface disposal
				  sites.
(d) This chapter supersedes
				  all of the provisions in Part E, Chapter 11, Wyoming Water Quality Rules and
				  Regulations, Waste and Wastewater Land Application Facilities, which pertain to
				  the land application or surface disposal of biosolids and domestic
				  septage.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 4 - Compliance period

Current through July 13, 2024
Compliance with the standards in this part shall be
					 achieved as expeditiously as practicable, but in no case later than one year
					 after final adoption. When compliance with the standards requires construction
					 of new pollution control facilities, compliance with the standards shall be
					 achieved as expeditiously as practicable, but in no case later than two years
					 after final adoption.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5 - Permits, enforceability and applications

Current through July 13, 2024
(a)
				  Permits. The requirements in this chapter may be implemented through:
(i) An EPA Authorization To Land Apply or
				  Surface Dispose Sludge Under The National Pollution Discharge Elimination
				  System, issued to a "treatment works treating domestic sewage," as defined in
				  40 CFR Part 122.2, in accordance with 40 CFR Parts 122 and 124 by
				  EPA;
(ii) A land application permit
				  issued by the state of Wyoming;
(iii) A permit issued under subtitle C of the
				  Solid Waste Disposal Act; Part C of the Safe Drinking Water Act; or the Marine
				  Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972; or
(iv) A general statewide permit issued by the
				  Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division for the land
				  application of domestic septage based issued in accordance with the
				  requirements of a General Statewide Permit for Land Application of Domestic
				  Septage In Remote Areas, see Appendix C.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 6 - Relationship to other regulations

Current through July 13, 2024
Disposal of biosolids in a municipal solid waste landfill
					 unit that complies with the requirements in Chapter 2, Wyoming Solid Waste
					 Management Rules and Regulations constitutes compliance with these regulations.
					 Any person who prepares biosolids that are disposed in a municipal solid waste
					 landfill unit shall ensure that the biosolids meet the requirements of Chapter
					 2, Solid Waste Management Rules and Regulations concerning the quality of
					 materials disposed in a municipal solid waste landfill unit.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 7 - Additional or more stringent requirements and determination of process equivalency

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) In accordance with 40 CFR Part 503.5, the
				  United States Environmental Protection Agency on a case-by-case basis has the
				  authority to impose requirements for the use or surface disposal of biosolids
				  in addition to or more stringent than the requirements in Part 503 and this
				  chapter when necessary to protect public health and the environment from any
				  adverse effect of a pollutant in the biosolids. Similar authority is not
				  provided to the Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality
				  Division.
(b) Nothing in this
				  chapter precludes the United States Environmental Protection Agency from
				  imposing requirements for the use or surface disposal of biosolids more
				  stringent than the requirements in 40 CFR Part 503 or this chapter or from
				  imposing additional requirements for the use or surface disposal of biosolids.
				  Similar authority is not provided to the Water Quality Division, Department of
				  Environmental Quality.
(c) The
				  Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division, in conjunction
				  with EPA, may determine that a process is equivalent to the pathogen and vector
				  attraction alternatives described in Section 31, Section 32 and Appendix
				  B.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 8 - Exclusions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Treatment processes. This chapter does
				  not establish requirements for processes used to treat domestic sewage or for
				  processes used to treat biosolids prior to final use or disposal, except as
				  provided in Section 31, Pathogens, and Section 32, Vector attraction
				  reduction.
(b) Selection of a use
				  or surface disposal practice. This chapter does not require the selection of a
				  biosolids use or surface disposal practice. The determination of the manner in
				  which biosolids are used or disposed is a local determination.
(c) Sludge generated at an industrial
				  facility. This chapter does not establish requirements for the use or surface
				  disposal of sludge generated at an industrial facility during the treatment of
				  industrial wastewater, including biosolids generated during the treatment of
				  industrial wastewater combined with domestic sewage.
(d) Hazardous biosolids. This chapter does
				  not establish requirements for the use or surface disposal of biosolids
				  determined to be hazardous in accordance with Chapter 2, Solid Waste Management
				  Rules and Regulations.
(e)
				  Biosolids with high PCB concentrations. This chapter does not establish
				  requirements for the use or surface disposal of biosolids with a concentration
				  of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) equal to or greater than 50 milligrams per
				  kilogram of total solids (dry weight basis).
(f) Grit and screenings. This chapter does
				  not establish requirements for the use or surface 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.
(g) Drinking water treatment sludge. This
				  chapter does not establish requirements for the use or surface disposal of
				  sludge generated during the treatment of either surface water or ground water
				  used for drinking water.
(h)
				  Commercial and industrial septage. This chapter does not establish requirements
				  for the use or surface disposal of commercial septage, industrial septage, a
				  mixture of domestic septage and commercial septage, or a mixture of domestic
				  septage and industrial septage.
(i)
				  Fertilizer. This chapter does not establish requirements for the use of
				  biolsolids registered by the Wyoming Department of Agriculture.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 9 - Requirement for any person who prepares, applies, or surface disposes biosolids

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Any person who prepares biosolids shall
				  ensure that the applicable requirements in this chapter are met when the
				  biosolids are applied to the land or placed on a surface disposal site. This
				  requirement can be met through a written agreement between the preparer and
				  applier ensuring all applicable requirements of this chapter are met or a
				  separate permit for the applier.
(b) In accordance with
				  40 CFR
				  503.12, any person who prepares bulk
				  biosolids outside of the State of Wyoming that are to be applied to land within
				  the State of Wyoming shall provide written notice to the Department of
				  Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division prior to the initial application
				  of bulk biosolids. The notice shall include the following:
(i) The location, by either street address or
				  latitude and longitude, of each land application site;
(ii) The approximate time period bulk
				  biosolids will be applied to the site;
(iii) The name, address, telephone number,
				  and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit number (if
				  appropriate) for the person who prepares the bulk biosolids; and
(iv) The name, address, telephone number, and
				  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit number (if appropriate)
				  and state permit number of the person who will apply the bulk
				  biosolids.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 10 - Sampling and analysis

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Sampling.
				  Representative samples of biosolids that are applied to the land or placed on a
				  surface disposal site shall be collected and analyzed.
(b) Methods. The references listed below are
				  incorporated by reference in this chapter. The materials are incorporated as
				  they existed on February 19, 1993.
(i)
				  Enteric viruses. ASTM Designation: D 4994-89, "Standard Practice for Recovery
				  of Viruses From Wastewater Sludges," Annual Book of ASTM Standards: Section 11
				  - Water and Environmental Technology, ASTM, Philadelphia, PA., 1992.
(ii) Fecal coliform. Part 9221 E. or Part
				  9222 D., "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater," 18th
				  Edition, American Public Health Association, Washing- ton, D.C.,
				  1992.
(iii) Helminth ova. Yanko,
				  W.A., "Occurrence of Pathogens in Distribution and Marketing Municipal
				  Sludges," EPA 600/1-87-014, 1987. PB 88-154273/AS, National Technical
				  Information Service, Springfield, Virginia.
(iv) Inorganic pollutants. "Test Methods for
				  Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/ Chemical Methods," EPA Publication SW-846,
				  Second Edition (1982) with Updates I and II and Third Edition (1986) with
				  Revision I. Second Edition - PB87-120-291, National Technical Information
				  Service, Springfield, Virginia. Third Edition - Document number 955-001-00000
				  -1, Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington,
				  D.C.
(v) Salmonella sp. bacteria.
				  Part 9260 D., Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater,"
				  18th Edition, American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C., 1992; or
				  Kenner, B.A. and H.P. Clark, "Detection and enumeration of
Salmonella
and
Pseudomonas
				  aeruginosa
," J. Water Pollution Control Federation, 46(9)
				  :2163-2171, 1974.
(vi) Specific
				  oxygen uptake rate. Part 2710 B., "Standard Methods for the Examination of
				  Water and Wastewater," 18th Edition, American Public Health Association,
				  Washington, D.C., 1992.
(vii)
				  Total, fixed, and volatile solids. Part 2540 G., "Standard Methods for the
				  Examination of Water and Wastewater," 18th Edition, American Public Health
				  Association, Washington, D.C., 1992.
(viii) Percent volatile solids reduction
				  calculation. "Environmental Regulations and Technology - Control of Pathogens
				  and Vectors in Biosolids," EPA-625/R-92/013, U.S. Environmental Protection
				  Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1992.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part B - LAND APPLICATION › Section 12 - Special definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(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 biosolids that passes below the root zone of the crop
				  or vegetation grown on the land to the ground water.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part B - LAND APPLICATION › Section 13 - General requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) No person shall
				  apply biosolids to the land except in accordance with the requirements in this
				  part.
(b) No person shall apply
				  bulk biosolids subject to the cumulative pollutant loading rates in Section
				  14(b) (ii) to agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a
				  reclamation site if any of the cumulative pollutant loading rates in Section
				  14(b) (ii) 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
				  Section 14(c) has been reached during that period. This requirement is met
				  through compliance with the conditions of the General Statewide Permit for Land
				  Application of Domestic Septage In Remote Areas, see Appendix C.
(d) The person who prepares bulk biosolids
				  that are 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) The person who applies biosolids to the
				  land shall obtain information needed to comply with the requirements in this
				  part.
(i) Before bulk biosolids subject to
				  the cumulative pollutant loading rates in Section 14(b) (ii) are applied to the
				  land, the person who proposes to apply the bulk biosolids shall contact the
				  permitting authority to determine whether bulk biosolids subject to the
				  cumulative pollutant loading rates in Section 14(b) (ii) have been applied to
				  the site since July 20, 1993.
(ii)
				  If bulk biosolids subject to the cumulative pollutant loading rates in Section
				  14(b) (ii) have not been applied to the site since July 20, 1993, the
				  cumulative amount for each pollutant listed in Table 2 of Section 14 may be
				  applied to the site in accordance with Section 14(a) (ii) (A).
(iii) If bulk biosolids subject to the
				  cumulative pollutant loading rates in Section 14(b) (ii) have 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 Section 14(a) (ii) (A).
(iv) If bulk biosolids subject to the
				  cumulative pollutant loading rates in Section 14(b) (ii) have 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.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part B - LAND APPLICATION › Section 14 - Pollutant limits

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Biosolids.
(i) Bulk biosolids or biosolids 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 biosolids exceeds the ceiling
				  concentration for the pollutant in Table 1 of Section 14.
(ii) If bulk biosolids are applied to
				  agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site,
				  either:
(A) The cumulative loading rate for
				  each pollutant shall not exceed the cumulative pollutant loading rate for the
				  pollutant in Table 2 of Section 14; or
(B) The concentration of each pollutant in
				  the biosolids shall not exceed the concentration for the pollutant in Table 3
				  of Section 14.
(iii) If
				  bulk biosolids are applied to a lawn or a home garden, the concentration of
				  each pollutant in the biosolids shall not exceed the concentration for the
				  pollutant in Table 3 of Section 14.
(iv) If biosolids are sold or given away in a
				  bag or other container for application to the land, either:
(A) The concentration of each pollutant in
				  the biosolids shall not exceed the concentration for the pollutant in Table 3
				  of Section 14; or
(B) The product
				  of the concentration of each pollutant in the biosolids and the annual whole
				  sludge application rate for the biosolids shall not cause the annual pollutant
				  loading rate for the pollutant in Table 4 of Section 14 to be exceeded. The
				  procedure used to determine the annual whole sludge application rate is
				  presented in Appendix A of this chapter.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part B - LAND APPLICATION › Section 15 - Management practices

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Under the
				  provisions of 40 CFR Part 503, the United State Environmental Protection Agency
				  is authorized to ensure that bulk biosolids shall not be applied to the land if
				  it is likely to adversely affect a threatened or endangered species listed
				  under Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act or its designated critical
				  habitat. No similar authority is provided to the Department of Environmental
				  Quality, Water Quality Division.
(b) Bulk biosolids 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 biosolids enters a wetland or
				  waters of the state, except as provided in a permit issued pursuant to Chapter
				  2, Wyoming Water Quality Rules and Regulations.
(c) Bulk biosolids shall not be applied to
				  agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site that is ten (10) meters or
				  less from waters of the state, unless otherwise specified by the permitting
				  authority.
(d) Bulk biosolids 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 biosolids, unless, in the case of a
				  reclamation site, otherwise specified by the permitting authority.
(e) Either a label shall be affixed to the
				  bag or other container in which biosolids that are sold or given away for
				  application to the land, or an information sheet shall be provided to the
				  person who receives biosolids sold or given away in an other container for
				  application to the land. The label or information sheet shall contain the
				  following information:
(i) The name and
				  address of the person who prepared the biosolids that are sold or given away in
				  a bag or other container for application to the land;
(ii) A statement that application of the
				  biosolids to the land is prohibited except in accordance with the instructions
				  on the label or information sheet; and
(iii) The annual whole sludge application
				  rate for the biosolids that does not cause any of the annual pollutant loading
				  rates in Table 4 of Section 14 to be exceeded.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part B - LAND APPLICATION › Section 16 - Operational standards - pathogens and vector attraction reduction

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Pathogens - biosolids.
(i) The Class A pathogen requirements in
				  Section 31(a) or the Class B pathogen requirements and site restrictions in
				  Section 31(b) shall be met when bulk biosolids are applied to agricultural
				  land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site.
(ii) The Class A pathogen requirements in
				  Section 31(a) shall be met when bulk biosolids are applied to a lawn or a home
				  garden.
(iii) The Class A pathogen
				  requirements in Section 31(a) shall be met when biosolids are sold or given
				  away in a bag or other container for application to the land.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part B - LAND APPLICATION › Section 17 - Frequency of monitoring

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Biosolids.
(i) The frequency of monitoring for the
				  pollutants listed in Table 1, Table 2, Table 3 and Table 4 of Section 14; the
				  pathogen density requirements in Section 31(a) and in Section 31(b) (ii)
				  through Section 31(b) (iv); and the vector attraction reduction requirements
				  Section 32(f) through Section 32(m) shall be the frequency in Table 1 of
				  Section 17. Any person who prepares or derives bulk biosolids shall conduct the
				  monitoring required by this section.
Table 1 of Section 17
Frequency Of Monitoring - Land Application
Amount of biosolids*
(metric tons per 365 day period)
Frequency
Greater than zero but Once per year
less than 290
Equal to or greater than Once per quarter
290 but less than 1,500 (four times per year)
Equal to or greater than Once per 60 days
1,500 but less than 15,000 (six times per year)
Equal to or greater than Once per month
15,000 (12 times per year)
* Either the amount of bulk biosolids applied to the land
					 or the amount of biosolids received by a person who prepares biosolids that are
					 sold or given away in a bag or other container for application to the land (dry
					 weight basis).
(ii) After
				  the biosolids have been monitored for two years at the frequency in Table 1 of
				  Section 17, the permitting authority may reduce the frequency of monitoring for
				  pollutant concentrations and for the pathogen density requirements in Section
				  31(a) (v) (B) through (I), but in no case shall the frequency of monitoring be
				  less than once per year when biosolids are applied to the land.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part B - LAND APPLICATION › Section 18 - Record keeping

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Biosolids.
(i) The person who prepares the biosolids in
				  Section 11(b) or (g) shall develop the following information and shall retain
				  the information for five (5) years:
(A) The
				  concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 3 of Section 14 in the
				  biosolids;
(B) The following
				  certification statement: "I certify, under penalty of law, that the Class A
				  pathogen requirements in Section 31(a) of Chapter 15, Wyoming Water Quality
				  Rules and Regulations and the vector attraction reduction requirement in
				  [insert one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in Section 32(f)
				  through Section 32(m) ] have been met. This determination has been made under
				  my direction and supervision in accordance with the system designed to ensure
				  that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information used to
				  determine that the pathogen requirements and vector attraction reduction
				  requirements have been met. I am aware that there are significant penalties for
				  false certification including the possibility of fines and
				  imprisonment.";
(C) A description
				  of how the Class A pathogen requirements in Section 31(a) are met;
				  and
(D) A description of how one of
				  the vector attraction reduction requirements in Section 32(f) through Section
				  32(m) is met.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part B - LAND APPLICATION › Section 19 - Reporting

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Biosolids management facilities shall
				  submit the following information to the permitting authority:
(i) The information in Section 18(a), except
				  the information in Sections 18(a) (iii) (B), (a) (iv) (B) and (a) (v) (B), for
				  the appropriate requirements on February 19 of each year;
(ii) The information in Sections 18(a) (v)
				  (B) (I) through (a) (v) (B) (VII) on February 19 of each year when 90% or more
				  of any of the cumulative pollutant loading rates in Table 2 of Section 14 is
				  reached at a site; and
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 20 - Applicability

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) This part applies to any person who
				  prepares biosolids that are placed on a surface disposal site, to the
				  owner/operator of a surface disposal site, to biosolids placed on a surface
				  disposal site, and to a surface disposal site.
(b) This part does not apply to biosolids
				  stored on the land or to the land on which biosolids are stored. It also does
				  not apply to biosolids that remain on the land for longer than two (2) years
				  when the person who prepares the biosolids demonstrates that the land on which
				  the biosolids remains is not an active biosolids unit. The demonstration shall
				  include the following information, which shall be retained by the person who
				  prepares the biosolids for the period that the biosolids remains on the land:
(i) The name and address of the person who
				  prepares the biosolids;
(ii) The
				  name and address of the person who either owns the land or leases the
				  land;
(iii) The location, by either
				  street address or latitude and longitude, of the land;
(iv) An explanation of why biosolids need to
				  remain on the land for longer than two years prior to final use or disposal;
				  and
(v) The approximate time period
				  when the biosolids will be used or disposed.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 22 - General requirements

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) No person shall
				  place biosolids on an active biosolids unit unless the requirements in this
				  part are met.
(b) An active
				  biosolids unit located within 60 meters of a fault that has displacement in
				  Holocene time; located in an unstable area; or located in a wetland, except as
				  provided in a permit issued pursuant to Sections 402 or 404 of the CWA, shall
				  close within one year after the adoption of this chapter, unless, in the case
				  of an active biosolids unit located within 60 meters of a fault that has
				  displacement in Holocene time, approval is obtained from the permitting
				  authority.
(c) The owner/operator
				  of an active biosolids unit shall submit a written closure and post closure
				  plan to the permitting authority 180 days prior to the date that the active
				  biosolids unit closes. The plan shall describe how the biosolids unit will be
				  closed and, at a minimum, shall include:
(i)
				  A discussion of how the leachate collection system will be operated and
				  maintained for three years after the biosolids unit closes if the biosolids
				  unit has a liner and leachate collection system;
(ii) A description of the system used to
				  monitor for methane gas in the air in any structures within the surface
				  disposal site and in the air at the property line of the surface disposal site,
				  as required in Section 24(l); and
(iii) A discussion of how public access to
				  the surface disposal site will be restricted for three years after the last
				  biosolids unit in the surface disposal site closes.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 23 - Pollutant limits (other than domestic septage)

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Active
				  biosolids unit without a liner and leachate collection system.
(i) Except as provided in Section 23(a) (ii)
				  and 23(b), the concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 1 of Section 23
				  in biosolids placed on an active biosolids unit shall not exceed the
				  concentration listed for the pollutant in Table 1 of Section 23.
Table 1 Of Section 23
Pollutant Concentrations - Active Biosolid Unit
Without a Liner And Leachate Collection System
Pollutant
Arsenic
Chromium
Nickel Concentration
(milligrams per kilogram*)
73
600
420
* Dry weight basis
(ii) Except as provided in Section 23(b), the
				  concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 1 of Section 23 in biosolids
				  placed on an active biosolids unit with a boundary less than 150 meters from
				  the property line of the surface disposal site shall not exceed the
				  concentration determined using the following procedure.
(A) The actual distance from the active
				  biosolids unit boundary to the property line of the surface disposal site shall
				  be determined.
(B) The
				  concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 2 of Section 23 in the
				  biosolids shall not exceed the concentration in Table 2 of Section 23 that
				  corresponds to the actual distance in Section 23(a) (ii) (A).
Table 2 Of Section 23
Pollutant Concentrations - Active Biosolids Unit Without a
					 Liner and Leachate Collection System That Has a Unit Boundary to Property Line
					 Distance less than 150 Meters
Pollutant concentration*
Unit boundary to
property line
distance (meters)
0 to less than 25
25 to less than 50
50 to less than 75
75 to less than 100
100 to less than 125
125 to less than 150
Arsenic
(mg/kg)
30
34
39
46
53
62
Chromium
(mg/kg)
200
220
260
300
360
450
Nickel
(mg/kg)
210
240
270
320
390
420
* Dry weight basis
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 25 - Operational standards - pathogens and vector attraction reduction

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Pathogens - biosolids (other than
				  domestic septage). The Class A pathogens requirements in Section 31(a) or one
				  of the Class B pathogen requirements in Section 31(b) (iii) through (b) (v)
				  shall be met when biosolids are placed on an active biosolids unit, unless the
				  vector attraction reduction requirement in Section 32(q) is met.
(b) Vector attraction reduction - biosolids
				  (other than domestic septage). One of the vector attraction reduction
				  requirements in Section 32(f) through (q) shall be met when biosolids is placed
				  on an active biosolids unit.
(c)
				  Vector attraction reduction - domestic septage. One of the vector attraction
				  reduction requirements in Section 32(n) through (r) shall be met when domestic
				  septage is placed on an active biosolids unit.
Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C › Part C - SURFACE DISPOSAL › Section 26 - Frequency of monitoring

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Biosolids
				  (other than domestic septage).
(i) The
				  frequency of monitoring for the pollutants in Tables 1 and 2 of Section 23; the
				  pathogen density requirements in Section 31(a) and in Section 31(b) (iii)
				  through (b) (v); and the vector attraction reduction requirements in Section
				  32(f) through (m) for biosolids placed on an active biosolids unit shall be the
				  frequency in Table 1 of Section 26. The preparer of the biosolids shall conduct
				  the monitoring required by this section.
Table 1 Of Section 26
Frequency of Monitoring - Surface Disposal
Amount of biosolids*
(metric tons per 365 day period)
					 Frequency
Greater than zero but less than 290 Once per year
Equal to or greater than
290 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)
* Amount of biosolids placed on an active biosolids unit
					 (dry weight basis).
(ii)
				  After the biosolids have been monitored for two years at the frequency in Table
				  1 of Section 26, the permitting authority may reduce the frequency of
				  monitoring for pollutant concentrations and for the pathogen density
				  requirements in Section 31(a) (v) (B) through (I), but in no case shall the
				  frequency of monitoring be less than once per year when biosolids are placed on
				  an active biosolids unit.