Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-3-6-.01

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 420-3-6-.01 - Purpose

The purpose of these rules is to protect public health and the environment by establishing requirements regarding the approval, permitting, siting, operation, record keeping, and closure of land application facilities; regulating septage management practices; requiring minimum sanitary practices for the treatment, storage, and land application of septage and other permitted wastes and authorizing regular inspections.

(1) This chapter contains the minimum standards for the land application of septage to non-public contact sites as set forth in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 503, entitled "Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge."

(2) In addition, this chapter also establishes minimum standards for sewage tank pumping and the treatment of grease, as defined in these rules, at septage land application sites.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-3-6-.01

Filed: September 20, 1989. Repealed. Filed: November 19, 1991. New Rule: Filed: October 20, 1994; effective November 24, 1994.

Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIX, Issue No. 03, December 31, 2020, eff. 2/14/2021.

Author: John-Paul O'Driscoll, Christie L. White and George B. Allison, Thad Pittman

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-2-2(6), 22-10-1 et seq., 22-20-5, 22-26-1, 22-26-2, 22-26-3.