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Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. ofSubagency 0011 - Water QualityChapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C
Part B - LAND APPLICATION
Section 15 - Management practices

020-15 Wyo. Code R. § 15

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Section 15 - Management practices

(a) Under the provisions of 40 CFR Part 503, the United State Environmental Protection Agency is authorized to ensure that bulk biosolids shall not be applied to the land if it is likely to adversely affect a threatened or endangered species listed under Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act or its designated critical habitat. No similar authority is provided to the Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division.

(b) Bulk biosolids shall not be applied to agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site that is flooded, frozen, or snow-covered so that the bulk biosolids enters a wetland or waters of the state, except as provided in a permit issued pursuant to Chapter 2, Wyoming Water Quality Rules and Regulations.

(c) Bulk biosolids shall not be applied to agricultural land, forest, or a reclamation site that is ten (10) meters or less from waters of the state, unless otherwise specified by the permitting authority.

(d) Bulk biosolids shall be applied to agricultural land, forest, a public contact site, or a reclamation site at a whole sludge application rate that is equal to or less than the agronomic rate for the bulk biosolids, unless, in the case of a reclamation site, otherwise specified by the permitting authority.

(e) Either a label shall be affixed to the bag or other container in which biosolids that are sold or given away for application to the land, or an information sheet shall be provided to the person who receives biosolids sold or given away in an other container for application to the land. The label or information sheet shall contain the following information:

  • (i) The name and address of the person who prepared the biosolids that are sold or given away in a bag or other container for application to the land;
  • (ii) A statement that application of the biosolids to the land is prohibited except in accordance with the instructions on the label or information sheet; and
  • (iii) The annual whole sludge application rate for the biosolids that does not cause any of the annual pollutant loading rates in Table 4 of Section 14 to be exceeded.

020-15 Wyo. Code R. § 15