(a) No person shall land apply biosolids and/or domestic
septage except in accordance with the requirements in this subchapter.
(b) No person shall apply biosolids that exceeds the
metal concentrations in Table 3 of §312.43(b)(3) of this title
(relating to Metal Limits) to land where any of the cumulative metal
loading rates in Table 2 of §312.43(b)(2) of this title have
been exceeded.
(c) No person shall apply domestic septage to agricultural
land, forest, or a reclamation site during a 365-day period where
the annual application rate in §312.43(c) of this title has been
exceeded.
(d) The person who land applies biosolids and/or domestic
septage shall obtain information needed to comply with the requirements
in this subchapter.
(e) If a treatment works provides bulk biosolids to
a person who land applies the bulk biosolids, the treatment works
shall provide the person who land applies the bulk biosolids notice
and necessary information to comply with the requirements in this
subchapter.
(f) If a treatment works provides bulk biosolids to
a person who prepares the bulk biosolids for land application, the
treatment works shall provide the person who prepares the bulk biosolids
notice and necessary information to comply with the requirements in
this subchapter.
(g) The person who land applies bulk biosolids shall
provide the owner or lease-holder of the land on which the bulk biosolids
are applied notice and necessary information to comply with the requirements
in this subchapter.
(h) If a treatment works provides biosolids to a person
who prepares the biosolids for sale or give away in a bag or other
container for land application, the treatment works shall provide
the person who prepares the biosolids notice and information to comply
with the requirements in this subchapter.
(i) The applicant shall determine the concentration
of regulated metals in accordance with §312.12(a)(1)(I) of this
title (relating to Registrations) and demonstrate to the satisfaction
of the executive director that the proposed cumulative metal loading
will not result in a toxic condition or increase the toxicity of the
existing soil.
|
Source Note: The provisions of this §312.42 adopted to be effective October 13, 1995, 20 TexReg 7840; amended to be effective October 2, 2014, 39 TexReg 7756; amended to be effective April 23, 2020, 45 TexReg 2542 |