Current through Register 1527, August 2, 2024
Section 32.09 - General Restrictions on Land Application and Storage of Sludge and Septage(1) Any person who uses, sells, or distributes or offers for use, sale or distribution sludge or septage for land application in Massachusetts shall do so only in compliance with 310 CMR 32.00.(2)310 CMR 32.00 shall authorize only the placement of sludge or septage on or in the ground for: (a) land application for beneficial purposes, or(b) storage pending use, sale, or distribution for land application for beneficial purposes.(3) No person shall land apply sludge or septage in such a manner that it results in violation of 310 CMR 7.00: Air Pollution Control or 314 CMR: Division of Water Pollution Control.(4) The land application or the collection, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous waste is not authorized by 310 CMR 32.00 and is subject to regulation pursuant to 310 CMR 30.000: Hazardous Waste.(5) Any project for land application of sludge or septage as provided in 310 CMR 32.09(2) in existence on November 15, 1983 shall be brought into compliance with 310 CMR 32.00, as soon as is feasible but not later than November 15, 1984. The Department may establish a compliance schedule on a case-by-case basis for any such project.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1322, eff. 9/23/2016.