40 C.F.R. § 503.23   Pollutant limits (other than domestic septage).

Title 40 - Protection of Environment


Title 40: Protection of Environment
PART 503—STANDARDS FOR THE USE OR DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE SLUDGE
Subpart C—Surface Disposal

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§ 503.23   Pollutant limits (other than domestic septage).

(a) Active sewage sludge unit without a liner and leachate collection system.

(1) Except as provided in §503.23 (a)(2) and (b), the concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 1 of §503.23 in sewage sludge placed on an active sewage sludge unit shall not exceed the concentration for the pollutant in Table 1 of §503.23.

 Table 1 of § 503.23_Pollutant Concentrations_Active Sewage Sludge              Unit Without a Liner and Leachate Collection------------------------------------------------------------------------                                                           Concentration                                                            (milligrams                        Pollutant                          per kilograms                                                               \1\)------------------------------------------------------------------------Arsenic.................................................              73Chromium................................................             600Nickel..................................................            420------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Dry weight basis.

(2) Except as provided in §503.23(b), the concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 1 of §503.23 in sewage sludge placed on an active sewage sludge unit whose boundary is less than 150 meters from the property line of the surface disposal site shall not exceed the concentration determined using the following procedure.

(i) The actual distance from the active sewage sludge unit boundary to the property line of the surface disposal site shall be determined.

(ii) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 2 of §503.23 in the sewage sludge shall not exceed the concentration in Table 2 of §503.23 that corresponds to the actual distance in §503.23(a)(2)(i).

 Table 2 of § 503.23_Pollutant Concentrations_Active Sewage Sludge   Unit Without a Liner and Leachate Collection System That Has a Unit         Boundary to Property Line Distance Less Than 150 Meters------------------------------------------------------------------------      Unit boundary to property line        Pollutant concentration \1\------------------------------------------------------------------------                                            Arsenic   Chromium   Nickel            Distance (meters)               (mg/kg)   (mg/kg)    (mg/kg)------------------------------------------------------------------------0 to less than 25........................        30        200       21025 to less than 50.......................        34        220       24050 to less than 75.......................        39        260       27075 to less than 100......................        46        300       320100 to less than 125.....................        53        360       390125 to less than 150.....................        62        450      420------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Dry weight basis.

(b) Active sewage sludge unit without a liner and leachate collection system—site-specific limits.

(1) At the time of permit application, the owner/operator of a surface disposal site may request site-specific pollutant limits in accordance with §503.23(b)(2) for an active sewage sludge unit without a liner and leachate collection system when the existing values for site parameters specified by the permitting authority are different from the values for those parameters used to develop the pollutant limits in Table 1 of §503.23 and when the permitting authority determines that site-specific pollutant limits are appropriate for the active sewage sludge unit.

(2) The concentration of each pollutant listed in Table 1 of §503.23 in sewage sludge placed on an active sewage sludge unit without a liner and leachate collection system shall not exceed either the concentration for the pollutant determined during a site-specific assessment, as specified by the permitting authority, or the existing concentration of the pollutant in the sewage sludge, whichever is lower.

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