Illinois Administrative Code
Title 35 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part 391 - DESIGN CRITERIA FOR SLUDGE APPLICATION ON LAND
Subpart B - PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR SLUDGE GENERATORS, DISTRIBUTORS AND USERS
Section 391.201 - Persons Requiring Permits
Universal Citation: 35 IL Admin Code ยง 391.201
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Persons applying sludge on land are required to obtain a permit unless exempted by 35 Ill. Adm. Code 309.208.
b) Persons that have not been exempted include the following:
1) All sludge
generators intending to apply sludge on land including but not limited to
agricultural land, treatment plant grounds, disturbed soils, sod farms or have
a public distribution program are required to obtain an Agency permit, either
in a separate construction and/or operating state permit pursuant to Subpart B
of 35 Ill. Adm. Code 309 for new or existing treatment works, or as part of a
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit;
2) Sludge distributors who sell or give away
sludge at a rate exceeding the equivalent of 1500 dry tons per year are
required to obtain an Agency permit or be included as part of a sludge
management plan in a sludge generator's permit;
3) Sludge users who apply sludge to sites
greater than 300 acres under common ownership or control in any year or apply
more than 1500 dry tons of sludge per year are required to obtain an Agency
permit unless the site is specifically identified in an Agency permitted sludge
generator management plan;
4)
Sludge users are required to obtain an Agency permit if special circumstances
exist such that a permit is required to protect the environment or public
health;
5) Sludge generators or
users constructing or operating permanent sludge transfer or receiving
stations, permanent liquid sludge storage facilities or permanent dried sludge
stockpile areas are required to obtain an Agency permit unless these facilities
are approved in a sludge management plan as part of a sludge generator
permit.
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