West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 33 - Waste Management, Division Of Water And Waste Management › Title 33 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WASTE MANAGEMENT › Series 33-02 - Sewage Sludge Management Rule › Section 33-2-6 - Fee and Bonding Requirements

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
6.1.
				Applicability. -- Any producer, processor, or transporter of sewage sludge for
				land application shall be subject to non-refundable fees, as described herein,
				which shall be used to cover the costs of the sewage sludge management program.
				The fees established herein in subdivisions 6.4.a and 6.4.b of this rule shall
				be assessed on forms prescribed by the chief of the Office of Water Resources
				of the Division and shall be paid to said chief quarterly.
6.2. Water Quality Management Fund. -- Fees
				collected for land application shall be deposited in the special revenue fund
				designated the "Water Quality Management Fund" established under the provisions
				of W. Va. Code §
									22-11-10
				except as otherwise specified herein.
6.3. Bonding. -- The director may require a
				surety bond, deposit or similar instrument in an amount sufficient to cover the
				cost of future environmental remediation from producers, processors, or
				transporters of sewage sludge.
6.4.
				Fee Assessments.
6.4.a. Producers, processors,
				or transporters of sewage sludge or material derived from sewage sludge for
				land application shall be assessed a sewage sludge management program fee
				calculated as $5.00 per actual ton of sludge times the proportion of solids in
				the sludge for sludge with maximum metals concentrations not exceeding those
				listed in Table 1 of this rule.
6.4.b. All sewage sludge placed in, or used
				in a landfill disposal cell by a solid waste facility shall be subject to the
				same tipping and other fees as levied on the disposal of solid waste under W.
				Va. Code §22; Provided, That no such fees, excepting assessment fees
				required by thissubdivision, shall be levied upon the application of sewage
				sludge to land outside a solid waste facility in accordance with the statute
				and this rule.
6.4.c. Fees
				generated pursuant to subdivision 6.4.a. shall be reviewed periodically by the
				director and shall be adjusted as necessary to assure that total collections
				shall not exceed $200,000 per year.
TABLE 1
MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF METALS IN SEWAGE
				  SLUDGE
FOR LAND APPLICATIONTABLE 1MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF
				  METALS IN SEWAGE SLUDGEFOR LAND APPLICATION
Metal Concentration (mg/kg)
Arsenic....................................................................................................................................
				  20
Cadmium.................................................................................................................................
				  39
Chromium.............................................................................................................................
				  1000
Copper..................................................................................................................................
				  1500
Lead.......................................................................................................................................
				  250
Mercury...................................................................................................................................
				  10
Molybdenum.............................................................................................................................
				  18
Nickel.....................................................................................................................................
				  200
Selenium...................................................................................................................................
				  36
Zinc......................................................................................................................................
				  2800
TABLE 2
PROVISIONAL MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF METALS IN SEWAGE
				  SLUDGE
FOR PRODUCERS NOT MEETING TABLE 1 CRITERIATABLE
				  2PROVISIONAL MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF METALS IN SEWAGE SLUDGEFOR PRODUCERS NOT
				  MEETING TABLE 1 CRITERIA
Metal Concentration (mg/kg)
Arsenic.....................................................................................................................................
				  75
Cadmium..................................................................................................................................
				  85
Chromium.............................................................................................................................
				  3000
Copper..................................................................................................................................
				  4300
Lead.......................................................................................................................................
				  840
Mercury...................................................................................................................................
				  57
Molybdenum.............................................................................................................................
				  75
Nickel.....................................................................................................................................
				  420
Selenium.................................................................................................................................
				  100
Zinc......................................................................................................................................
				  7500
TABLE 3
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SOIL CONCENTRATIONS
Metal Concentration (mg/kg)
Arsenic.................................................................................................................................
				  13.0
Cadmium..............................................................................................................................
				  2.4
Chromium............................................................................................................................
				  290
Copper................................................................................................................................
				  92
Lead....................................................................................................................................
				  85
Mercury..............................................................................................................................
				  2.4
Molybdenum........................................................................................................................
				  4.6
Nickel..................................................................................................................................
				  83*
Selenium..............................................................................................................................
				  10
Zinc....................................................................................................................................
				  290**
* For sandy to silt loam soils with a permeability greater
				  than 2.0 inches per hour, the maximum allowable soil concentration for nickel
				  is 50 mg/kg.
** For those sites with greater than 30% legume species, the
				  maximum allowable soil concentration for zinc is 130 mg/kg for sandy to silt
				  loam soils with permeability greater than 2.0 inches per hour and 200 mg/kg for
				  other soil types.