W. Va. Code R. § 33-2-6

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 33-2-6 - Fee and Bonding Requirements

6.1. Applicability. -- Any producer, processor, or transporter of sewage sludge for land application shall be subject to non-refundable fees, as described herein, which shall be used to cover the costs of the sewage sludge management program. The fees established herein in subdivisions 6.4.a and 6.4.b of this rule shall be assessed on forms prescribed by the chief of the Office of Water Resources of the Division and shall be paid to said chief quarterly.

6.2. Water Quality Management Fund. -- Fees collected for land application shall be deposited in the special revenue fund designated the "Water Quality Management Fund" established under the provisions of W. Va. Code § 22-11-10 except as otherwise specified herein.

6.3. Bonding. -- The director may require a surety bond, deposit or similar instrument in an amount sufficient to cover the cost of future environmental remediation from producers, processors, or transporters of sewage sludge.

6.4. Fee Assessments.

6.4.a. Producers, processors, or transporters of sewage sludge or material derived from sewage sludge for land application shall be assessed a sewage sludge management program fee calculated as $5.00 per actual ton of sludge times the proportion of solids in the sludge for sludge with maximum metals concentrations not exceeding those listed in Table 1 of this rule.

6.4.b. All sewage sludge placed in, or used in a landfill disposal cell by a solid waste facility shall be subject to the same tipping and other fees as levied on the disposal of solid waste under W. Va. Code §22; Provided, That no such fees, excepting assessment fees required by thissubdivision, shall be levied upon the application of sewage sludge to land outside a solid waste facility in accordance with the statute and this rule.

6.4.c. Fees generated pursuant to subdivision 6.4.a. shall be reviewed periodically by the director and shall be adjusted as necessary to assure that total collections shall not exceed $200,000 per year.

TABLE 1

MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF METALS IN SEWAGE SLUDGE

FOR LAND APPLICATIONTABLE 1MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF METALS IN SEWAGE SLUDGEFOR LAND APPLICATION

Metal Concentration (mg/kg)

Arsenic.................................................................................................................................... 20

Cadmium................................................................................................................................. 39

Chromium............................................................................................................................. 1000

Copper.................................................................................................................................. 1500

Lead....................................................................................................................................... 250

Mercury................................................................................................................................... 10

Molybdenum............................................................................................................................. 18

Nickel..................................................................................................................................... 200

Selenium................................................................................................................................... 36

Zinc...................................................................................................................................... 2800

TABLE 2

PROVISIONAL MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF METALS IN SEWAGE SLUDGE

FOR PRODUCERS NOT MEETING TABLE 1 CRITERIATABLE 2PROVISIONAL MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF METALS IN SEWAGE SLUDGEFOR PRODUCERS NOT MEETING TABLE 1 CRITERIA

Metal Concentration (mg/kg)

Arsenic..................................................................................................................................... 75

Cadmium.................................................................................................................................. 85

Chromium............................................................................................................................. 3000

Copper.................................................................................................................................. 4300

Lead....................................................................................................................................... 840

Mercury................................................................................................................................... 57

Molybdenum............................................................................................................................. 75

Nickel..................................................................................................................................... 420

Selenium................................................................................................................................. 100

Zinc...................................................................................................................................... 7500

TABLE 3

MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SOIL CONCENTRATIONS

Metal Concentration (mg/kg)

Arsenic................................................................................................................................. 13.0

Cadmium.............................................................................................................................. 2.4

Chromium............................................................................................................................ 290

Copper................................................................................................................................ 92

Lead.................................................................................................................................... 85

Mercury.............................................................................................................................. 2.4

Molybdenum........................................................................................................................ 4.6

Nickel.................................................................................................................................. 83*

Selenium.............................................................................................................................. 10

Zinc.................................................................................................................................... 290**

* For sandy to silt loam soils with a permeability greater than 2.0 inches per hour, the maximum allowable soil concentration for nickel is 50 mg/kg.

** For those sites with greater than 30% legume species, the maximum allowable soil concentration for zinc is 130 mg/kg for sandy to silt loam soils with permeability greater than 2.0 inches per hour and 200 mg/kg for other soil types.

W. Va. Code R. § 33-2-6