Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality › Chapter 25 - SEPTIC TANKS, SOIL ABSORPTION SYSTEMS, AND OTHER SMALL WASTEWATER SYSTEMS › Appendix B - Land Application of Domestic Septage in Remote Areas

Current through July 13, 2024
Section
				  1.
Restrictions and
				  Requirements
To qualify for the land application of domestic septage in
				  remote areas, the following conditions must be met.
(a) Location restrictions:
(i) Domestic septage generated on a specific property may be
				  land applied on said property, and shall not be transported to another location
				  for land application.
(ii) No land application of domestic septage shall occur
				  within 1,000 feet of all adjacent properties.
(iii) No land application of domestic septage shall occur
				  within 300 feet of a public road, permanent surface water body, or intermittent
				  stream.
(b) Site restrictions:
(i) The land application of domestic septage shall only occur
				  on those sites with established vegetation such as rangeland, pasture or hay
				  meadows.
(ii) No more than 5,000 gallons of domestic septage per acre
				  per year shall be land applied.
(iii) No land application of domestic septage shall occur
				  where the site's slope exceeds five percent (5%) or where the depth to
				  groundwater is less than four (4) feet.
(iv) The land application of domestic septage shall not occur
				  between November 1 and May 1, or any other time when frozen or saturated ground
				  conditions exits.
(v) No public access shall be allowed to any site where
				  domestic septage has been applied for at least one (1) year following
				  application.
(vi) No grazing animals shall be allowed access to any site
				  where domestic septage has been land applied for at least thirty (30) days
				  following application.
(c) Crop restrictions:
(i) No root crops shall be harvested from soils where
				  domestic septage has been land applied for at least thirty-eight (38) months
				  following application
(ii) No truck crops (harvested parts touch land surface)
				  shall be harvested from soils where domestic septage has been land applied for
				  at least fourteen (14) months following application.
(iii) No commodity crops (other food, feed, and fiber crops
				  whose harvested parts do not touch land surface) from soils where domestic
				  septage has been land applied shall be harvested for at least thirty (30) days
				  following application.
(iv) No turf shall be harvested from soils where domestic
				  septage has been land applied for at least one (1) year following
				  application.
(d) Reporting Requirements:
(i) The property owner shall notify the appropriate
				  Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division (DEQ/WQD) District
				  Engineer prior to the land application of domestic septage to confirm the
				  requirements and to arrange a possible DEQ/WQD inspection of the land
				  application.
(ii) All records related to each septage application will be
				  maintained for at least five (5) years.
(iii) There is a worksheet provided online at the Division's
				  website that must be completed, signed, and returned to the DEQ/WQD, or the
				  appropriate delegated local permitting authority, within 15 days of the land
				  application.