Iowa Admin. Code r. 567-67.1

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 8, October 30, 2024

Rule 567-67.1 - Land application of sewage sludge

(1) General. This chapter establishes standards for the land application of sewage sludge generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works. This chapter applies to any generator, applicator, or both, and to sewage sludge applied to the land. No person shall land apply sewage sludge through any practice for which requirements are established in this chapter except in accordance with such requirements.

a. In areas that are not specifically addressed in this chapter or in 567-Chapter 68, but which are addressed in federal regulations for sewage sludge applied to land at 40 CFR Part 503 as amended through July 1, 2021, the federal regulations shall apply under this rule and are hereby adopted by reference under this chapter.

b. On a case-by-case basis, this department may impose requirements for the land application of sewage sludge in addition to or more stringent than the requirements in this chapter when necessary to protect public health and the environment from any adverse effect of a pollutant in the sewage sludge.

(2) Sewage sludge generators shall ensure that the applicable requirements in this chapter are met when the sewage sludge is applied to the land.

If the sewage sludge generator determines that a person being supplied sewage sludge for land application is not complying with applicable requirements of the land application program, the generator shall work with the applicator to obtain compliance with the requirements. If subsequent compliance cannot be achieved, the generator shall not supply additional sewage sludge to the applicator.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 567-67.1

Amended by IAB April 13, 2016/Volume XXXVIII, Number 21, effective 5/18/2016

Amended by IAB February 9, 2022/Volume XLIV, Number 16, effective 3/16/2022