Code of Massachusetts Regulations
310 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Title 310 CMR 32.00 - Land Application of Sludge and Septage
Section 32.22 - Water Pollution Prevention Requirements for Land Application of Type II or Type III Sludge or Septage
Current through Register 1537, December 20, 2024
(1) Protecting Public Water Supplies.
(2) Protecting Private Drinking Water Supply Wells. No Type II or Type III sludge or septage shall be land applied anywhere within a radius of 300 feet of a private drinking water supply well.
(3) Protecting Other Surface Waters. The Department may on a case-by-case basis establish a distance between the location of the land application site and surface water to which 310 CMR 32.22(1) does not apply for the purpose of preventing adverse impacts on the use or quality of that surface water.
(4) Protecting Drainage Channels. No Type II or Type III sludge or septage shall be land applied within the high water mark of field depressions or ditches through which water flows during snow melts or heavy rainfall.
(5) Groundwater Monitoring. The Department may, on a case-by-case basis, require groundwater monitoring when the Department deems such action necessary or appropriate to assure or verify compliance with 310 CMR 32.00.