Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VIII - Municipal Waste
Chapter 271 - MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter J - BENEFICIAL USE OF SEWAGE SLUDGE BY LAND APPLICATION
OPERATING REQUIREMENTS
Section 271.916 - Operational standards-pathogens and vector attraction reduction

Universal Citation: 25 PA Code § 271.916

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Pathogens-sewage sludge other than residential septage.

(1) The Class A pathogen requirements in § 271.932(a) (relating to pathogens) or the Class B pathogen requirements and site restrictions in § 271.932(b) shall be met when sewage sludge is applied to agricultural land, forest, a public contact site or a reclamation site.

(2) The Class A pathogen requirements in § 271.932(a) shall be met when sewage sludge is applied to a lawn or a home garden.

(3) The Class A pathogen requirements in § 271.932(a) shall be met when sewage sludge is sold, given away or otherwise distributed, in a bag or other container for application to the land.

(b) Pathogens-residential septage. The requirements in § 271.932(c) shall be met when residential septage is applied to agricultural land, forest or a reclamation site.

(1) One of the vector attraction reduction requirements in § 271.933(b)(1)-(10) (relating to vector attraction reduction) shall be met when sewage sludge is applied to agricultural land, forest, a public contact site or a reclamation site.

(2) One of the vector attraction reduction requirements in § 271.933(b)(1)-(8) shall be met when sewage sludge is applied to a lawn or a home garden.

(3) One of the vector attraction reduction requirements in § 271.933(b)(1)-(8) shall be met when sewage sludge is sold, given away or otherwise distributed, in a bag or other container for application to the land.

(d) Vector attraction reduction-residential septage. The vector attraction reduction requirements in § 271.933(b)(9), (10) or (11) shall be met when residential septage is applied to agricultural land, forest or a reclamation site.

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §271.281 (relating to application for general permit).

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