Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Chapter 3745-40 - Sewage Sludge
Section 3745-40-10 - Facility storage requirements
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3745-40-10
Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) Facility storage requirements. Except as provided in paragraph (B) of this rule, facility storage of sewage sludge or biosolids shall meet all of the following requirements:
(1)
Be provided by the permittee in a manner that is
protective of human health and the environment, and that does not impact waters
of the state or create nuisance odors.
(2)
Unless
demonstrated to the director that engineered or contracted alternatives to
facility storage of sewage sludge or biosolids are in place in accordance with
paragraph (B) of this rule, consist of one hundred twenty days of biosolids
storage for the design capacity of the treatment works. The one hundred twenty
days of facility storage should be over and above the treatment capacity of the
sewage sludge or biosolids treatment train. Units provided for storage should
be dedicated for storage and not sewage sludge or biosolids
treatment.
(3)
Be approved by a permit to install that shall be
obtained from the director in accordance with Chapter 3745-42 of the
Administrative Code prior to the construction of any facility storage.
(B) The director or an authorized representative may approve alternatives to the facility storage of sewage sludge or biosolids through any of the following:
(1)
An effective contract with a landfill showing that the
landfill will accept up to the design volume of the treatment works sewage
sludge during the effective dates of the treatment works' NPDES permit.
(2)
An
effective contract with another permitted facility showing that the permitted
facility will accept up to the design volume of the treatment works sewage
sludge during the effective time of the treatment works' NPDES permit.
(3)
Ownership or leasing of, or effective contract with, an Ohio
environmental protection agency permitted regional storage facility showing
that the regional storage facility will accept up to the design volume of the
treatment works' sewage sludge or biosolids during the effective time of the
treatment works' NPDES permit.
(4)
Ownership or
leasing of, or effective contract with, a sewage sludge or biosolids
incinerator that will accept up to the design volume of the treatment works
sewage sludge during the effective time of the treatment works' NPDES
permit.
Replaces: 3745-40-10
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