(a) This subchapter applies to any person who prepares
sewage sludge and/or biosolids that are placed on a surface disposal
site, to the owner/operator of a surface disposal site, to sewage
sludge or biosolids placed on a surface disposal site, and to a surface
disposal site.
(b) This subchapter does not apply to sewage sludge
and/or biosolids stored on the land or to the land on which sewage
sludge and/or biosolids is stored when the storage period is two years
or less and the sewage sludge and/or biosolids is stored at a treatment
works authorized for such storage.
(c) This subchapter does not apply to sewage sludge
and/or biosolids at a treatment works authorized for such storage
that remains on the land for longer than two years but less than five
years when the person who prepares the sewage sludge or biosolids
demonstrates that the land on which the sewage sludge and/or biosolids
remains is not an active disposal unit or surface disposal site. The
demonstration shall include the following information, which shall
be reviewed and approved by the executive director and retained by
the person who prepares the sewage sludge and/or biosolids for the
period that the sewage sludge and/or biosolids remains on the land:
(1) the name and address of the person who prepared
the sewage sludge and/or biosolids;
(2) the name and address of the person who either owns
the land or leases the land;
(3) the location of the land, by latitude and longitude,
street address if available, and boundary shown on a 7 1/2-minute
quadrangle United States Geological Survey map;
(4) an explanation of why sewage sludge and/or biosolids
needs to remain on the land for longer than two years prior to final
use or disposal; and
(5) the date by which the sewage sludge and/or biosolids
will be used or disposed of. This date must clearly maintain a storage
period of less than five years.
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