Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1.
Cumulative pollutant loading rates.
No person shall apply bulk sewage sludge to agricultural land,
forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site if any of the cumulative
pollutant loading rates in part
7041.1100, subpart 4, item B, have
been reached.
Subp. 2.
Notice and necessary information for compliance.
Notice and necessary information needed to comply with the
requirements of this chapter must be given or obtained by preparers, appliers,
and users of bulk sewage sludge according to items A to D.
A. Preparers of bulk sewage sludge must
provide written notification of the concentration of total nitrogen (as N on a
dry weight basis) and available nitrogen (in pounds per wet ton or pounds per
1,000 gallons, whichever is appropriate) to appliers of bulk sewage
sludge.
B. Before bulk sewage
sludge subject to the cumulative pollutant loading rates in part
7041.1100, subpart 4, item B, is
applied to the land, the person who proposes to apply the bulk sewage sludge
must contact the permitting authority for the state in which the bulk sewage
sludge will be applied to determine whether cumulative pollutant loading rates
have been reached. If bulk sewage sludge which has pollutant concentrations
greater than those listed in part
7041.1100, subpart 4, item C, has
been applied since July 20, 1993, and the cumulative amount is not known, no
additional bulk sewage sludge may be applied to that land.
C. The person who prepares bulk sewage
sludge, or an applier under contract to the preparer to do so, is responsible
for notifying and providing the necessary information for compliance with this
chapter to the users of bulk sewage sludge by specifying appropriate agronomic
application rates, site restrictions, and other management practices.
D. A person who prepares sewage sludge must
give notice and necessary information to comply with this chapter to other
persons who prepare sewage sludge or derive a material from the sewage
sludge.
Subp. 3.
Sewage sludge applied to land in another state.
Any person who prepares bulk sewage sludge in Minnesota that is
applied to land in another state is responsible for providing written notice to
the permitting authority for the state in which the bulk sewage sludge is
proposed to be applied prior to the initial application of bulk sewage sludge.
The notice must include:
A. the legal
description of each land application site;
B. the approximate time period bulk sewage
sludge will be applied to the site;
C. the concentration of the pollutants listed
in part
7041.1100, subpart 4, item C, for
the bulk sewage sludge which will be applied to the land; and
D. the name, address, telephone number, and
national pollutant discharge elimination system permit number, if appropriate,
for the person who prepares the bulk sewage sludge.
Statutory Authority: MS s
116.07
