Ariz. Admin. Code § R18-9-1002 - Applicability and Prohibitions
A.
This Article applies to:
1. Any person who:
a. Prepares biosolids for land application or
disposal in a sewage sludge unit or in an incinerator,
b. Transports biosolids for land application
or incineration, or disposal in a sewage sludge unit,
c. Applies biosolids to the land,
d. Owns or operates a sewage sludge
unit,
e. Owns or leases land to
which biosolids are applied, or
f.
Owns or operates an incinerator that fires sewage sludge,
2. Biosolids applied to the land or placed on
a surface disposal site,
3. Land
where biosolids are applied, and
4.
A surface disposal site.
B. The land application of biosolids in a
manner consistent with this Article is exempt from the requirements of the
aquifer protection program established under A.R.S. Title 49, Chapter 2,
Article 3 and 18 A.A.C. 9, Articles 1, 2, and 3.
C. Except as provided in subsection (D), the
land application of biosolids in a manner that is not consistent with Articles
9 and 10 of this Chapter is prohibited.
D. The Department may permit the land
application of biosolids in a manner that differs from the requirements in
R18-9-1007 and R18-9-1008 if the land application is permitted under the
aquifer protection permit program established under A.R.S. Title 49, Chapter 2,
Article 3, and 18 A.A.C. 9, Articles 1, 2, and 3.
E. Surface disposal site.
1. Any person who prepares biosolids that are
placed in a sewage sludge unit, or places biosolids in a sewage sludge unit, or
who owns or operates a biosolids surface disposal site shall comply with 40 CFR
503, Subpart C, which is incorporated by reference in R18-9-A905(A)(9), and
a. The pathogen reduction requirements in R1
8-9-1006, and
b. The vector
attraction reduction requirements in R1 8-9-1010.
2. In addition to the requirements under
subsection (E)(1), any person who owns or operates a biosolids surface disposal
site shall apply for, and obtain, a permit under 18 A.A.C. 9, Articles 1 and
2.
F. A person shall not
apply bulk biosolids to the land or place bulk biosolids in a surface disposal
site or fire sewage sludge in a sewage sludge incinerator if the biosolids are
likely to adversely affect a threatened or endangered species as listed under
section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (
16
U.S.C. 1533 ), or its designated critical
habitat as defined in
16
U.S.C. 1532.
G. A person incinerating biosolids shall
comply with the requirements set out in 40 CFR Part 503, Subpart E, July 1,
2013 edition, which is incorporated by reference and does not include any later
amendments or editions of the incorporated material. Copies of the incorporated
material are available for inspection at the Arizona Department of
Environmental Quality, 1110 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85007 or
may be obtained from the U.S. General Printing office at
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionCfr.action?collectionCode=CFR.
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