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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 312SLUDGE USE, DISPOSAL, AND TRANSPORTATION
SUBCHAPTER BLAND APPLICATION AND STORAGE OF BIOSOLIDS AND DOMESTIC SEPTAGE
RULE §312.47Recordkeeping

      (xiii) if the vector attraction reduction requirements in either §312.83(b)(9) or (10) of this title are met, a description of how the requirements are met.

  (6) If the requirements in §312.43(a)(4)(B) of this title are met when biosolids are sold or given away in a bag or other container for land application, the person who prepares the biosolids shall develop the following information and shall retain the information for five years:

    (A) the annual whole application rate for the biosolids that do not cause the annual metal loading rates in Table 4 of §312.43(b)(4) of this title to be exceeded;

    (B) the concentration of each metal listed in Table 4 of §312.43(b)(4) of this title in the biosolids;

    (C) the following certification statement: "I certify, under penalty of law, that the management practice in 30 TAC §312.44(e), the Class A (or insert Class AB) biosolids pathogen requirement in 30 TAC §312.82(a), and the vector attraction reduction requirement in (insert one of the vector attraction reduction requirements in 30 TAC §312.83(b)(1) - (8)) have been met. This determination has been made under my direction and supervision in accordance with the system designed to ensure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information used to determine that the management practice, pathogen requirements, and vector attraction reduction requirements have been met. I am aware that there are significant penalties for false certification including the possibility of fine and imprisonment.";

    (D) a description of how the Class A or Class AB biosolids pathogen requirements in §312.82(a) of this title are met;

    (E) a description of how one of the vector attraction requirements in §312.83(b)(1) - (8) of this title is met.

  (7) The person who land applies Class B biosolids shall develop the following information and shall retain the information for five years:

    (A) the dates of harvesting; and

    (B) the amount harvested, excluding grazing.

  (8) The requirements of this subsection must be readily available for review by commission staff or be submitted to the executive director upon request.

(b) Domestic septage. When domestic septage is applied to agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site, the person who applies the domestic septage shall develop the following information and shall retain the information for five years and must be readily available for review by commission staff or be submitted to the executive director upon request:

  (1) the location, by either street address or latitude and longitude, of each site on which domestic septage is applied;

  (2) the number of acres in each site on which domestic septage is applied;

  (3) the date and time domestic septage is applied to each site;

  (4) the nitrogen requirement for the crop or vegetation grown on each site during a 365-day period;

  (5) the rate, in gallons per acre per 365-day period, at which domestic septage is applied to each site;

  (6) The following certification statement: "I certify, under penalty of law, that the pathogen requirements in (insert either 30 TAC §312.82(c)(1) or (2)) and the vector attraction reduction requirements in (insert 30 TAC §312.83(b)(9), (10), or (12)) have been met. This determination has been made under my direction and supervision in accordance with the system designed to ensure that qualified personnel properly gather and evaluate the information used to determine that the pathogen requirements and vector attraction reduction requirements have been met. I am aware that there are significant penalties for false certification including the possibility of fine and imprisonment.";

  (7) a description of how the pathogen requirements in either §312.82(c)(1) or (2) of this title are met;

  (8) a description of how the vector attraction reduction requirements in §312.83(b)(9), (10), or (12) of this title are met;

  (9) the dates of harvesting; and

  (10) the amount harvested, excluding grazing.


Source Note: The provisions of this §312.47 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

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